- John Mitchell: You talked to Cox or anybody at the special prosecutor's office?
- John Dean: Uh, no, sir. Um, not yet. I wanted to, uh-I wanted to talk to you before we did, out of respect.
- John Mitchell: You wanted to shake my hand before you stab me in the back, is that it?
- John Dean: The ship's going down, John. And we can either get sucked down with it or be the first ones onto the dinghy.