Ben Bradlee on general
Ben Bradlee31 quotes“Generals who can write always make me nervous.”
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If an investigative reporter finds out that someone has been robbing the store, that may be ‘gotcha’ journalism, but it’s also good journalism.
Ben BradleeBen Bradlee 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.
Ben BradleeBen Bradlee It changes your life, the pursuit of truth.
Ben BradleeBen Bradlee Maybe some of today’s papers have too many ‘feel-good’ features, but there is a lot of good news out there.
Ben BradleeBen Bradlee I think he had a strange, passionate devotion to the truth and a horror at what he saw going on.
Ben BradleeBen Bradlee It’s very hard to stand up to the government which is saying that publication will threaten national security. People don’t seem to realize that reporters and editors know something about national security and care deeply about it.
Ben BradleeBen Bradlee The history of American politics is littered with bodies of people who took so pure a position that they had no clout at all.
Ben BradleeBen Bradlee Nothing’s riding on this, except the First Amendment to the Constitution, freedom of the press and maybe the future of the country. Not that any of that matters, but if you guys f-k up again, I’m gonna get mad.
Ben BradleeBen Bradlee 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.
Ben BradleeBen Bradlee Those [Watergate] tapes are going to take me to my grave with a huge smile on my face.
Ben BradleeBen Bradlee Everybody who talks to a newspaper has a motive. That’s just a given. And good reporters always, repeat always, probe to find out what that motive is.
Ben BradleeBen Bradlee 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.
Ben BradleeBen Bradlee 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.
Ben BradleeBen Bradlee The Nixon administration really put a lot of pressure on CBS not to run the second broadcast.
Ben BradleeBen Bradlee As a child, one looks for compliments. As an adult, one looks for evidence of effectiveness.
Ben BradleeBen Bradlee It is my experience that most claims of national security are part of a campaign to avoid telling the truth.
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Thoughts on a tapestry. Colour or black and white. A brush, a pen, A flash of light. Ideas flowing soon, about to take flight.
Gerard GleesonGerard Gleeson Like deep water, she was silent. His lips tasted of salt. He was both addicting and bitter all at once.
MoomerMoomer Always show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling the empty places in someone else heart.
Alexander KandovAlexander Kandov And I would lie on your chest for hours and dream about the world in your arms but your thoughts were in another world.
Ani ShahverdyanAni Shahverdyan Your smile and your laughter lit my whole world.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki Often all we can do is breathe, even that can be hard sometimes.
Julia Kellogg HenryJulia Kellogg Henry I am addicted to your madness drunk on your toxic love. Infect me with your poison, lets make storms rage above.
Laura Natoli-KearneyLaura Natoli-Kearney The more you fail, recover, and improve, the better you are as a person.
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Adrian GrenierAdrian Grenier And leave in a prominent point of view the general facts, by virtue of which society exists and is preserved.
Adolphe QueteletAdolphe Quetelet General Quotations about Evenings Let us add this one more night to our lives.
SuetoniusSuetonius When I was fired from my post as General of the Fighter Arm
Adolf GallandAdolf Galland A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true.
DemosthenesDemosthenes The attorney general was supposed to have recused himself from anything involving Russia.
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