According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, trust is believing something is good, right, reliable, honorable, and dependable. Trust is something important in each and every day. From friendships, to the bonds of marriage, to the belief that things are going to do what they have always done; trust is important. People everyday put their trust in other people and things. People trust when they turn the key in the ignition of their cars, the car is going to start, or when they tell a friend a secret, the secret is going to be kept. Trust is something many people give away freely, but once trust has been lost, it is very difficult to earn back. In the beginning years of America, most Americans trusted the leaders they had elected to serve
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The guard pulled the tape off of the lock and continued on his rounds. Later that night, the guard returned to the basement and found the lock was taped over again. This time, he didn’t hesitate and phoned the cops. The guard was right to phone the police because while he was making his rounds five men had snuck in and were then trying to break into one of the offices (Kilian 1). Now, these men were not ordinary burglars. The offices they were trying to break into belonged to the Democratic National Committee. During the burglary, two of the five men waited outside the offices to watch for people coming in their direction. The five men were also not alone, they had two assistants; E. Howard Hunt Jr. and G. Gordon Libby; waiting in other areas …show more content…
The presidential election was less than five short months away and his future as president was still in limbo. Because of this, President Nixon released a statement denying that the White House had been involved in the break-in (Kilian 5). At this point, the White House could have told the public the truth about their involvement in Watergate and there may have been very different results. But because they didn’t, the White House chose a much different route (18). Before Watergate, people had no reason to believe their president was being anything but truthful with them. Watergate changed this
The guard pulled the tape off of the lock and continued on his rounds. Later that night, the guard returned to the basement and found the lock was taped over again. This time, he didn’t hesitate and phoned the cops. The guard was right to phone the police because while he was making his rounds five men had snuck in and were then trying to break into one of the offices (Kilian 1). Now, these men were not ordinary burglars. The offices they were trying to break into belonged to the Democratic National Committee. During the burglary, two of the five men waited outside the offices to watch for people coming in their direction. The five men were also not alone, they had two assistants; E. Howard Hunt Jr. and G. Gordon Libby; waiting in other areas …show more content…
The presidential election was less than five short months away and his future as president was still in limbo. Because of this, President Nixon released a statement denying that the White House had been involved in the break-in (Kilian 5). At this point, the White House could have told the public the truth about their involvement in Watergate and there may have been very different results. But because they didn’t, the White House chose a much different route (18). Before Watergate, people had no reason to believe their president was being anything but truthful with them. Watergate changed this