# Quote — Charles Sheffield, Aftermath

> Richard Nixon was protected from impeachment, so long as Spiro Agnew was Vice President and would assume the presidency in Nixon’s place. Half of Washington knew that Agnew was a crook, and a boneheaded one at that. They had to get rid of Agnew before they could really go after Nixon.

- Author: [Charles Sheffield](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-sheffield.md)
- Book: [Aftermath](https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-sheffield/aftermath.md)
- Page: 335
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_Sheffield#Aftermath_(1998)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/charles-sheffield/aftermath/richard-nixon-was

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