It was Richard Nixon's hope for nearly 20 years, and beside his flag covered coffin, Bill Clinton voiced it for him again: "May the day of judging President Nixon on anything less than his entire life and career come to a close." The second half of the 20th century, Sen. Bob Dole predicted, will become known as "the age of Nixon ... the most durable public figure of our time because he always embodied the deepest feelings of the people he led." Nixon was buried beside his wife, Pat, in the garden of his bungalow birthplace in Yorba Linda, Calif. On his headstone is a line from his first inaugural address: "The greatest honor history can bestow is the title of peacemaker."
