Im doing a report for english class and need 2 examples in history that go with the quote 'A small leak can sink a great ship.'. Im interprating this quote to that when one small thing can happen, which can cause something on a much greater scale to happen. Could someone please help me think of 2 historical examples to go with this idea?
2007-03-14 09:55:59 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
#1 Watergate - Nixon A small break-in at the Watergate Hotel eventually took down the entire administration and
President Nixon. Has to be the classic example.
#2 Al Capone, the Chicago gangster: easy: he never got caught doing murders, graft, robbery, and such; he forgot to do his taxes! Wow! what a dumb CPA he had!
Good question!
2007-03-14 12:16:20 · answer #1 · answered by cruisingyeti 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I can think of only one right off hand, but if I think of another I'll get back.
The discovery of a piece of tape on a door lock by a security guard led to the downfall of a U.S presidency. The tape was on a lock at the entrance to the Watergate complex in Washington, D. C., and the president was Richard Nixon.
2007-03-14 17:08:37 · answer #2 · answered by Erwin B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ivan the terrible
one bad king (the leak) almost destroyed a great and prosperous russia. (the ship)
2007-03-14 18:04:36 · answer #3 · answered by Dilara 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
-The sinking of Titanic.
-Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
2007-03-14 17:29:32 · answer #4 · answered by T H 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
zimmerman telegram
2007-03-14 17:01:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋