Good work is always done in defiance of management.
BOB WOODWARDEven now there is no evidence that anyone involved in the Nixon operation was going to threaten us.
More Bob Woodward Quotes
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Reporters may believe they control the story, but the story always controls the reporters.
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The Washington Times wrote a story questioning the authenticity of some of the suggestions made about me in Silent Coup. But as a believer in the First Amendment, I believe they have more than a right to air their views.
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We’re not going to have another Watergate in our lifetime. I’m sure.
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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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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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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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I deal with first-hand sources. And give the people, even John Sununu, the opportunity to respond to what I’ve been told by first-hand sources.
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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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Deep Throat was a very unfortunate name given to the source by the managing editor of The Washington Post.
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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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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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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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…Obama said, ‘I welcome debate among my team, but I won’t tolerate division’.
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I don’t think it’s useful for somebody to argue with reviews.
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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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