Charles Colson

Few things are so deadly as a misguided sense of compassion.

Deep Throat is a guy who could have your files and mine in his trust.

The first 20 stories written about a public figure set the tone for the next 2,000 and it is almost impossible to reverse it.

When you first come into Parliament, it's a daunting place because you feel you've so much to learn. Once you've been re-elected, you feel much more confident. It just gives you a bit of a boost.

The latest page I've been working is about the organization of the pantheon of the gods. Who's indebted to whom, how they are related, who screwed whose uncle or grandmother, all of that.

The failure of the system to deal quickly was attributable to Nixon's lying, stonewalling and refusal to come clean. So it took 26 months for the final truth to be known.