THE 1970S 1969 1979
FOREIGN POLICIES OF PRESIDENT NIXON
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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“I am not a crook.”
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“Ask not what your country can do for you:ask what you can do for your country.”
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“There you go again.”
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“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
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Detailed explanation-1: -People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I’m not a crook, ” he declared. On April 3, 1974, the White House announced that Nixon would pay $432, 787.13 in back taxes plus interest after an investigation by the Internal Revenue Service and a congressional committee.
Detailed explanation-2: -Speaking about the rule of law and presidential obligations and about the evidence, he made the case for articles of impeachment against on charges of: obstruction of justice, abuse of power for political purposes, defying Judiciary Committee subpoenas, and tax evasion.
Detailed explanation-3: -President Nixon initially refused to release the tapes, putting two reasons forward: first, that the Constitutional principle of executive privilege extends to the tapes and citing the separation of powers and checks and balances within the Constitution, and second, claiming they were vital to national security.