I’m not going to name some of my colleagues who are very well-known for their television presentation, but they wouldn’t know new information or how to report a story if it came up and bit them.
BOB WOODWARDThe biggest rap on me is that I don’t find a Watergate every couple of years. Well, Watergate was unique. It’s not something Carl Bernstein, I, or the Washington Post caused.
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…Obama said, ‘I welcome debate among my team, but I won’t tolerate division’.
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If there’s one thing that Trump does, he never quits.
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Watergate is not the sort of issue that changes the vote. I don’t know anyone who has changed their vote because of it.
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The failure of the system to deal quickly was attributable to Nixon’s lying, stonewalling and refusal to come clean. So it took 26 months for the final truth to be known.
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When you practice reporting for as long as I have, you keep yourself at a distance from True Believers. Either conservatives or liberals or Democrats or Republicans.
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I don’t think it’s useful for somebody to argue with reviews.
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I gave my word that this source would not be identified unless he changed his mind. He has not…
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After Nixon resigned in 1974, he engaged in a very aggressive war with history, attempting to wipe out the Watergate stain and memory. Happily, history won, largely because of Nixon’s tapes.
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[Clinton] believes that the Washington press corps is so out of touch that it is absolutely inconceivable that reporters will understand the issues that people are really dealing with in their lives.
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I recently read some of the transcripts of Nixon’s Watergate tapes, and they spent hours trying to figure out who was leaking and providing information to Carl and myself.
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Nixon’s grand mistake was his failure to understand that Americans are forgiving, and if he had admitted error early and apologized to the country, he would have escaped.
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We need to police ourselves in the media.
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Finally, the president added, ‘The American people are idealists, but they also want their leaders to be realistic…’
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I give lectures for money, but all the money goes to charity. So, I make no money from it.
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We’re not going to have another Watergate in our lifetime. I’m sure.
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