I gave my word that this source would not be identified unless he changed his mind. He has not…
BOB WOODWARDI 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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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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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 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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Reporters may believe they control the story, but the story always controls the reporters.
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I don’t think voters give a hoot about the character of their political advisors, except to the extent that character reflects on the candidates.
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Good work is always done in defiance of management.
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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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Deep Throat was a very unfortunate name given to the source by the managing editor of The Washington Post.
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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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Deep Throat’s information, and in my view, courage, allowed the newspaper to use what he knew and suspected.
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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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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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Even now there is no evidence that anyone involved in the Nixon operation was going to threaten us.
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Many people have their reputations as reporters and analysts because they are on television, batting around conventional wisdom. A lot of these people have never reported a story.
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Nixon’s grand mistake was his failure to understand that Americans are forgiving, and if he had admitted error early and apologized to the country, he would have escaped.
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