H. R. HALDEMAN

An investigation of the Kennedy assassination was a project I suggested when I first entered the White House [in 1969]. I had always been intrigued with the conflicting theories of the assassination. Now I felt we would be in a position to get all the facts. But Nixon turned me down.

I've never concerned myself with the issues. I'm a political mechanic.

Once the toothpaste is out of the tube, it's hard to get it back in.

The time has come for political campaigning, its techniques and strategies, to move out of the dark ages and into the brave new world of the omnipresent eye,

Americans no longer gather in the streets to hear candidates; television is the new focal point of politics.

You cant put the toothpaste back in the tube.

Every president needs an S. O. B.

Out of the gobbledygook comes a very clear thing: you can't trust the government; you can't believe what they say; and you can't rely on their judgment. And the implicit infallibility of presidents, which has been an accepted thing in America, is badly hurt by this, because it shows that people do things the President wants to do even though it's wrong, and the President can be wrong.

The reach of the individual campaigner doesn’t add up to diddly-squat in votes.

We are getting into semantics again. If we use words, there is a very grave danger they will be misinterpreted.

Out of the gobbledygook comes a very clear thing: you can't trust the government; you can't believe what they say; and you can't rely on their judgment. And the implicit infallibility of presidents, which has been an accepted thing in America, is badly hurt by this, because it shows that people do things the President wants to do even though it's wrong, and the President can be wrong.

… the implicit infallibility of presidents, which has been an accepted thing in America, is badly hurt by this, because it shows that people do things the President wants to do even though it's wrong, and the President can be wrong.

The president does not like you to take an opposite view at a cabinet meeting, or say anything that can be construed to be mildly not in accord with his thinking.

Every president needs an S. O. B.

I've never concerned myself with the issues. I'm a political mechanic.

Once the toothpaste is out of the tube, it's hard to get it back in.

Rather than the President telling someone to do something, I'll tell the guy. If he wants to find out something from somebody, I'll do it.

Americans no longer gather in the streets to hear candidates; television is the new focal point of politics.

The reach of the individual campaigner doesn’t add up to diddly-squat in votes.

An investigation of the Kennedy assassination was a project I suggested when I first entered the White House [in 1969]. I had always been intrigued with the conflicting theories of the assassination. Now I felt we would be in a position to get all the facts. But Nixon turned me down.

The time has come for political campaigning, its techniques and strategies, to move out of the dark ages and into the brave new world of the omnipresent eye,

We are getting into semantics again. If we use words, there is a very grave danger they will be misinterpreted.

You cant put the toothpaste back in the tube.