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The Nixon administration really put a lot of pressure on CBS not to run the second broadcast.

Ben Bradlee

In the perfect world every source could be identified, but like the man said, “It’s not a perfect world.”
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Men Perfect World
The history of American politics is littered with bodies of people who took so pure a position that they had no clout at all.
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Body People Politics
As long as a journalist tells the truth, in conscience and fairness, it is not his job to worry about consequences. The truth is never as dangerous as a lie in the long run. I truly believe the truth sets men free.
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Jobs Lying Running
I never believed that Nixon could fully resurrect himself. And the proof of that was in the obits.
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Orbit Proof Resurrect Resurrection
Our best today; better tomorrow.
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Better Today Tomorrow
To hell with news! I’m no longer interested in news. I’m interested in causes. We don’t print the truth. We don’t pretend to print the truth. We print what people tell us. It’s up to the public to decide what’s true.
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Causes News People
I don’t want to disappoint too many people, but the number of interesting political, historical conversations we had, you could stick in your ear, it wasn’t that many. We talked about friends, family and of course girls.
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Girl Numbers People
So, here you are, especially in the Pentagon. Some guy tells you something. He says that’s a national security matter. Well, you’re supposed to tremble and get scared and it never, almost never means the security of the national government.
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Journalist National Problem Security Tremble
Generals who can write always make me nervous.
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Always General Nervous Writing
There is nothing like daily journalism! Best damn job in the world!
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Jobs Journalism World
The Nixon administration really put a lot of pressure on CBS not to run the second broadcast.
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Administration Pressure Running
The biggest difference between Kennedy and Nixon, as far as the press is concerned, is simply this: Jack Kennedy really liked newspaper people and he really enjoyed sparring with journalists.
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Differences Newspapers People President Press
It changes your life, the pursuit of truth, if you know that you have tried to find the truth and gone past the first apparent truth towards the real truth. It’s very, it’s very exciting.
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Gone Past Real
Those [Watergate] tapes are going to take me to my grave with a huge smile on my face.
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Faces Graves Tape
Sure, some journalists use anonymous sources just because they’re lazy, and I think editors ought to insist on more precise identification even if they remain anonymous.
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Editors Lazy Thinking
There will always be leaks; in Washington, everywhere.
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Always Country Everywhere Leaks

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