Lot of twelve items, including ten hand-calligraphed quotes (done in another hand), attributed to men closely associated with the Watergate hearings, and signed by each individual at the conclusion. Included: Archibald Cox (“In my view, Watergate proved the conscience of the nation as well as the ability of a self-governing people to vindicate, by the process of open government, their own moral sense”); Samuel Dash; Daniel Ellsberg (“In releasing the Pentagon Paper I acted in hope I still hold: that truths that changed me could help Americans free themselves and other victims from our longest war.”); Charles Colson (“I reflected back on the men with whom I served - Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Mitchell, Nixon. They had been trapped as well - by their own pretensions of power.”); John J. Sirica (“…or members of Congress who put politics aside to do their unpleasant jobs, or the news reporters who wouldn’t drop a story when they were under pressure to do so, the so-called heroes of Watergate were more than people doing what was right, doing their jobs whether they were scared or exhausted or being criticized, or were all alone.”); Alexander M. Haig, Jr.; Richard Helms; Egil Krogh Jr. (“At the time, in 1972, I thought that what we were doing was dictated inescapably by the national security interests.”); Elliot L. Richardson; Peter W. Rodino. Also included: an TLS from Sirica acknowledging his signing the calligraphed quote, and a TLS from Archibald Cox, acknowledging his signing of the quote. In overall fine condition, with the occasional mild crease or corner bend. R&R COA.
