Nixon White House Tapes — Conversation 002-080
Date: Tuesday, May 4, 1971 at 7:49 PM
Participants: Nixon, Richard M. (President); Haldeman, H. R. ("Bob")
Recording device: White House Telephone
Source: https://www.easynixon.org/tapes/002-080

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[0:01] Oh, yes, sir.
[0:26] I was just checking on the latest reports here.
[0:28] Just take the hard line.
[0:29] Don't be worried about all that.
[0:29] Force the Democrats.
[0:31] to take that line to my point.
[0:53] Now, I know we're on the right track.
[0:54] Just keep right on it.
[0:55] Don't worry about the flight.
[0:57] Don't you agree?
[0:57] Absolutely.
[0:58] No question at all.
[0:58] Don't let anybody get excited about it.
[0:59] You may or may not, but if they do, I know what the country feels.
[1:00] Don't give an inch on this.
[1:01] People have broken the law.
[1:22] People want to hurt it up.
[1:22] They don't worry about due process.
[1:23] They just want to hurt it.
[1:24] Particularly, we're not going to put them away.
[1:25] We're just going to put them in for a day and then release them.
[1:26] I don't think they got a prayer of giving them mileage out of that.
[1:27] Well, they're playing at John Ehrlichman's home very heavily on TV tonight.
[1:29] They play Dallas on the local TV, and that wasn't played out at all.
[1:30] It didn't?
[1:30] No, but...
[1:31] They had the local, you know, do-good crybaby lawyers out.
[1:55] Good.
[1:56] You see my point?
[1:56] I don't want any of our people...
[1:57] It didn't do them any credit, huh?
[1:57] Well, my point is...
[1:58] There's a hard line in this thing that's given me strength.
[2:14] And I start to apologize to the network.
[2:14] And I try to keep track of those and all that people and finish them as quickly as I can.
[2:16] That's what I'm trying to do.
[2:17] And maybe I can do it.
[2:17] I don't know if I can do it twice.
[2:18] I just can't do it once.
[2:18] And I've tried to do it once.
[2:20] Right.
[2:25] Keep that in mind.
[2:26] You've got a lot of credit.
[2:27] You're going to stay right with it.
[2:28] Right.
[2:28] Right.
[2:29] Right.
[2:29] Okay.
[2:29] Right.
[2:29] Bye.