I'm not going to let anybody come down at night like Nicodemus and whisper something in my ear that no one else can hear. That is not executive privilege; it is poppycock.
Source: At Senate Watergate hearings; in US News & World Report, 28 May 73
-- Sam Ervin, (Sep 27 1896-1985), US politician; He was a folksy Democratic senator from North Carolina, 1954-74; best known for his role as the Watergate committee chairman.