In-Text References

Nixon's Defense

Price Waterhouse accountants (64)
Gibson, Dunn, & Crutcher Auditing Company (64-66)
The charges alleged by the New York Post (8, 17-25)
"Meet the Press" (18)
Peter Edson, journalist (18)
Governor Sherman Adams, Eisenhower's Chief of Staff (63)

Nixon's Emotional Appeals

Pat Nixon (48-53, 77, 89, 97, 112, 127-129)
Checkers the dog (132-136)
Abraham Lincoln (144)

Nixon's Attacks

Stephen Mitchell (139-142)
Adlai Stevenson II (143, 146, 148-149, 153, 155, 175, 178, 181, 188)
John Sparkman (46, 151, 153, 155)
Communism (57, 173, 183, 188, 190, 219)
Truman Administration (3, 24, 57, 172, 178)

References to This Text

Virtually any book on Nixon will include a reference to this speech as one of the formative moments of his career. William Safire describes the term "Checkers Speech" as any speech made by a politician that is emotionally charged in his Political Dictionary.