It’s very hard to stand up to the government which is saying that publication will threaten national security. People don’t seem to realize that reporters and editors know something about national security and care deeply about it.
BEN BRADLEEIt’s very hard to stand up to the government which is saying that publication will threaten national security. People don’t seem to realize that reporters and editors know something about national security and care deeply about it.
BEN BRADLEEThe champagne was flowing like the Potomac in flood.
BEN BRADLEEI do worry about how newspapers respond to falling circulation figures. I’m not sure that the answer is for newspapers to try to cater to whatever seems to be the fad of the day.
BEN BRADLEEIt changes your life, the pursuit of truth.
BEN BRADLEESure, some journalists use anonymous sources just because they’re lazy, and I think editors ought to insist on more precise identification even if they remain anonymous.
BEN BRADLEEYou never monkey with the truth.
BEN BRADLEEHire people smarter than you are and encourage them to bloom.
BEN BRADLEEThere is nothing like daily journalism! Best damn job in the world!
BEN BRADLEEI don’t want to disappoint too many people, but the number of interesting political, historical conversations we had, you could stick in your ear, it wasn’t that many. We talked about friends, family and of course girls.
BEN BRADLEEGenerals who can write always make me nervous.
BEN BRADLEESo, here you are, especially in the Pentagon. Some guy tells you something. He says that’s a national security matter. Well, you’re supposed to tremble and get scared and it never, almost never means the security of the national government.
BEN BRADLEEThere will always be leaks; in Washington, everywhere.
BEN BRADLEEOur best today; better tomorrow.
BEN BRADLEEMaybe some of today’s papers have too many ‘feel-good’ features, but there is a lot of good news out there.
BEN BRADLEEAs a child, one looks for compliments. As an adult, one looks for evidence of effectiveness.
BEN BRADLEEThe first rough draft of history.
BEN BRADLEE