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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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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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Achievement Literature President
Reporters may believe they control the story, but the story always controls the reporters.
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Believe May Stories
I gave my word that this source would not be identified unless he changed his mind. He has not…
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Literature Mind Source
Good work is always done in defiance of management.
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Design Done Management
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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Confused Media Thinking
If there’s one thing that Trump does, he never quits.
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never One Quit Quitting
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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Believe Independent Work
Finally, the president added, ‘The American people are idealists, but they also want their leaders to be realistic…’
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Leader People President
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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Information Tape Trying
The source known as Deep Throat provided a kind of road map through the scandal. His one consistent message was that the Watergate burglary was just the tip of the iceberg.
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Iceberg Map Scandal Tip
I recently did the David Letterman Show about my book. He was very serious and made no jokes and it caught me off guard a little bit. He was much more serious than some of the joke shows that journalists get on.
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Book Jokes Literature Littles Serious
Watergate provides a model case study of the interaction and powers of each of the branches of government. It also is a morality play with a sad and dramatic ending.
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Government Motherhood Play
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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Failure Finals Lying System Truth
If information is true, if it can be verified, and if it’s really important, the newspaper needs to be willing to take the risk associated with using unidentified sources.
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Important Needs Risk
I give lectures for money, but all the money goes to charity. So, I make no money from it.
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Giving Literature Money
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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