What we saw in Richard Nixon's face was the panic in his soul. — Richard Goodwin

David Pietrusza
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Once upon a time, the president of the United States was so frightened by his own life that he hid in a closet and ended up being a failure. Richard Goodwin, a senior advisor to Nixon, described what they saw in Nixon's face when they talked about Watergate. They saw a man who was terrified of being found out, of being exposed for the traitor that he was. In fact, Nixon kept a diary where he wrote down all of his fears and the things that scared him. He feared being exposed because it meant he would be found out to be the man he really wasn't: a coward.

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