As true slips of the tongue, it was hardly along the lines of the American politician, who resigned following evidence of tax evasion, or like the quip about dictatorship from the 43rd President who gave the world “Bushisms.”
Spiro Theodore Agnew, who served as the United States (US) Vice President from 1969 to 1973 under disgraced President Richard Nixon, memorably declared before the Watergate scandal, “I apologize for lying to you. I promise I won’t deceive you except in matters of this sort.” Investigated for tax fraud, bribery and conspiracy, Mr Agnew was accused of having accepted bribes but was allowed to plead no contest to a single charge that he had failed to report part of his income
President George W. Bush is as famous for the fruitless search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, as for his often unconventional use of English, prompting the eponymous description that has become part of linguistic lore. Announcing he would write a book about the “12 toughest decisions” he had to make while in office, President Bush revealed, “I’m going to put people in my place, so when the history of this administration is written at least there’s an authoritarian voice saying exactly what happened.”
