Fiorello LaGuardia

It makes no difference if I burn my bridges behind me - I never retreat.

Actually, I'm a Republican.

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.

It is often in the name of cultural integrity as well as social stability and national security that democratic reforms based on human rights are resisted by authoritarian governments.