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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.

Bob Woodward

I believe there’s too little patience and context to many of the investigations I read or see on television.
BOB WOODWARD

Believe Patience Television
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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Cover Criminals Interesting
There is a garbage culture out there, where we pour garbage on people. Then the pollsters run around and take a poll and say, do you smell anything?
BOB WOODWARD

People Running Smell
I give lectures for money, but all the money goes to charity. So, I make no money from it.
BOB WOODWARD

Giving Literature Money
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
Good work is always done in defiance of management.
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Design Done Management
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
[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.
BOB WOODWARD

Believe Issues People
Deep Throat’s information, and in my view, courage, allowed the newspaper to use what he knew and suspected.
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Information Use Views
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.
BOB WOODWARD

Criminals Law Presidential
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.
BOB WOODWARD

Important Needs Risk
…Obama said, ‘I welcome debate among my team, but I won’t tolerate division’.
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Division Military Team
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 WOODWARD

Asking Book Long
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
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
Even now there is no evidence that anyone involved in the Nixon operation was going to threaten us.
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Evidence Literature Operations

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