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Elliot Richardson
Elliot Richardson
American Lawyer
Born: Jul 20, 1920
Died: Dec 31, 1999
Believe First People Watergate Will You
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There is an increasingly pervasive sense not only of failure, but of futility. The legislative process has become a cruel shell game and the service system has become a bureaucratic maze, inefficient, incomprehensible, and inaccessible. Elliot Richardson
Service Failure Game Become Sense Increasingly System Futility Only Cruel Inefficient Shell Bureaucratic Legislative Legislative Process Maze Process Inaccessible Pervasive Incomprehensible
They've got him - credible witnesses, documents, heaven knows what else. In all my years as a prosecutor I have never seen such an open-and-shut case. Elliot Richardson
Seen Else Case Never Prosecutor Him Documents Knows Witnesses Got Years Heaven Credible
People have moved beyond apathy, beyond skepticism into deep cynicism. Elliot Richardson
People Beyond Moved Skepticism Apathy Cynicism Deep
I hope you will respond to the crisis of confidence that Watergate has created by opening up your administration and reaching out to people in a more magnanimous spirit. Elliot Richardson
Hope You Confidence People Watergate Will Crisis Respond Out Administration Spirit Magnanimous More Opening Reaching Up Created Your
If the large power voluntarily abstains from using its full power or feels the strategic situation to be such that it cannot do so, it in effect loses the advantage of being a big power. Elliot Richardson
Power Big Situation Voluntarily Abstain Advantage Feels Loses Effect Being Cannot Full Large Strategic Using
It often seemed like we had become a nation where the only heroes were rock singers and ball players and that there were no large men of probity who could be called upon for the task. Elliot Richardson
Heroes Men Become Nation Seemed Only Could Had Like Singers Ball Rock Were Task Often Probity Where Who Large Players
Mr. President, I believe your real problem is that you have somehow been unable to realize that you have won, not only won, but been re-elected by a tremendous margin. Elliot Richardson
You Problem Believe President Tremendous Unable Somehow Only Re-Elected Real Been Won Real Problem Realize Your Margin
My most important task must be an attempt to bring the monster under democratic direction and control. Elliot Richardson
Important Control Monster Must Direction Attempt Most Democratic Task Bring
The idea of being in the State Department was exciting. On the other hand, I always had in the back of my mind going into politics. If I stayed in Washington, I might end up a government hack. Elliot Richardson
Politics Government Mind Other State State Department Back Stayed Hack Had Exciting Idea Always Hand End Up Department Going Being Might Washington
Though every legal task demands this skill, it is especially important in the effort to frame public policy in a way that is properly responsive to human needs and predicaments. The question is always: How will the general rule work in practice? Elliot Richardson
Work Needs Legal Will Important Practice Every Frame Rule Way Though Responsive Properly General General Rule Demands Policy Always How Question Effort Task Human Public Skill Human Needs Public Policy

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