Nixon's Legacy

As the 37th President of the United States of America Richard Milhous Nixon most definitely had a role in shaping the US into what it is today. When someone utters the name "Nixon" minds tend to wander in the direction of scandal, liar, cheat and Watergate, but its this point of view justified? Nixon as a human being made good choices and bad choices like everyone else people only seem to find the negative in ones history and outweigh it to the positive. Although when reviewing his presidency Richard Nixon fulfilled many outstanding achievements both within the country and outside of it. President Nixon had his hand in on many different beneficial aspects such as voting rights, law & order, Dept. of Labor and Justice, and finding better solutions to segregation. Nixon should also be remembered for getting the US out of the Vietnam war and establishing sophisticated relations with both China and the Soviet Union when others told him that it was an unwise idea. Although true that Nixon was dealing with some morally gray areas when involved in the Watergate scandal but the question remains for your to decide. Was Nixon a hard-driving genius or a dirty sneak?