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.
BOB WOODWARDWatergate 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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I think journalism gets measured by the quality of information it presents, not the drama or the pyrotechnics associated with us.
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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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Even now there is no evidence that anyone involved in the Nixon operation was going to threaten us.
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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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When you hear in the tape recordings Nixon’s own voice saying, We have to stonewall, We have to lie to the Grand Jury, We have to pay burglars a million dollars, it’s all too clear the horror of what went on.
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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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Some newspapers have a hands-off policy on favored politicians. But it’s generally very small newspapers or local TV stations.
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Lawyers didn’t seriously get involved in the Watergate stories until quite late, when we realized we were on to something.
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I think the problem in the Republican Party is really not money. I think they’ve got lots of it. I think it is theory of the case – why are we here, what is our message, how to connect to the real world.
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We need to police ourselves in the media.
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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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I give lectures for money, but all the money goes to charity. So, I make no money from it.
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Reporters may believe they control the story, but the story always controls the reporters.
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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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…Obama said, ‘I welcome debate among my team, but I won’t tolerate division’.
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