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==Origins and model==
==Origins and model==
One of the "shocking" [[Watergate]] "revelations" and "allegations" made by former White House Counsel [[John Dean]] before [[President Richard Nixon]]'s resignation was that President Nixon had intended to use the Nixon Presidential Library as a means to propel himself as a [[political]] force into the future beyond his presidency. Presidents in recent memory at the time - [[Truman]], [[Eisenhower]], and [[Lyndon B. Johnson|Johnson]] - where suppose to go off quietly into retirement. The [[22nd Amendment]] had been passed in 1952 to insure that no president could amass too much power, even if he held a personal mesmerizing affect as [[FDR]] did, over the people.
One of the shocking [[Watergate]] revelations made by former White House Counsel [[John Dean]] was that [[President Nixon]] had intended to use the Nixon Presidential Library as a means to propel himself as a [[political]] force into the future beyond his presidency. Former presidents at that time - [[Truman]], [[Eisenhower]], and [[Lyndon B. Johnson|Johnson]] - were suppose to go quietly off into retirement. The [[22nd Amendment]] had been passed as a safeguard to insure that no president, even if he held a mesmerizing affect over the people as [[FDR]] did, could amass too much power.
Prior to Nixon, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_library#History all presidential papers were considered the personal property of the president].
Prior to Nixon, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_library#History all presidential papers were considered the personal property of the president].