I have written things that Republicans and Democrats and all kinds of figures have either hated or felt very uncomfortable about. Because in doing these long projects and books, you get close to the bone. And they’re not calling me up and asking me for dinner.
BOB WOODWARDI don’t think voters give a hoot about the character of their political advisors, except to the extent that character reflects on the candidates.
More Bob Woodward Quotes
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Deep Throat’s information, and in my view, courage, allowed the newspaper to use what he knew and suspected.
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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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I believe Watergate shows that the system did work. Particularly the Judiciary and the Congress, and ultimately an independent prosecutor working in the Executive Branch.
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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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[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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Even now there is no evidence that anyone involved in the Nixon operation was going to threaten us.
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Not a season passes without new disclosures showing Nixon’s numerous attempts at criminal use of his presidential powers and in fact the scorn he held for the rule of law.
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They need to review this secret world. We have an incredibly powerful government that gets on automatic pilot.
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Nixon had some large achievements in foreign affairs. They will be remembered. But a president probably gets remembered for one thing, and Watergate will head the Nixon list, I suspect.
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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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I think that everyone is kind of confused about the information they get from the media and rightly so. I’m confused about the information I get from the media.
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The 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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Newspapers that are truly independent, like The Washington Post, can still aggressively investigate anyone or anything with no holds barred.
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I don’t think it’s useful for somebody to argue with reviews.
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The fact of the Watergate cover-up is not nearly as interesting as the step into making the cover-up. And when you understand the step, you understand that Richard Nixon lied. That he was a criminal.
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