You never monkey with the truth.
BEN BRADLEEI never believed that Nixon could fully resurrect himself. And the proof of that was in the obits.
More Ben Bradlee Quotes
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The first rough draft of history.
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There is nothing like daily journalism! Best damn job in the world!
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If an investigative reporter finds out that someone has been robbing the store, that may be ‘gotcha’ journalism, but it’s also good journalism.
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Generals who can write always make me nervous.
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The history of American politics is littered with bodies of people who took so pure a position that they had no clout at all.
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I never believed that Nixon could fully resurrect himself. And the proof of that was in the obits.
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Our best today; better tomorrow.
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The biggest difference between Kennedy and Nixon, as far as the press is concerned, is simply this: Jack Kennedy really liked newspaper people and he really enjoyed sparring with journalists.
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Those [Watergate] tapes are going to take me to my grave with a huge smile on my face.
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In the perfect world every source could be identified, but like the man said, “It’s not a perfect world.”
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There will always be leaks; in Washington, everywhere.
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So, 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.
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It changes your life, the pursuit of truth.
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National security is a really big problem for journalists, because no journalist worth his salt wants to endanger the national security, but the law talks about anyone who endangers the security of the United States is going to go to jail.
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I 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.
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