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I never believed that Nixon could fully resurrect himself. And the proof of that was in the obits.

Ben Bradlee

There will always be leaks; in Washington, everywhere.
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Always Country Everywhere Leaks
You never monkey with the truth.
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Animal Monkey Truth
I 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.
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Girl Numbers People
As a child, one looks for compliments. As an adult, one looks for evidence of effectiveness.
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Adult Children Effectiveness
More likely to mean the security or the personal happiness of the guy who is telling you something.
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Guy Personal Something Telling
There is nothing like daily journalism! Best damn job in the world!
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Jobs Journalism World
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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Journalist National Problem Security Tremble
To hell with news! I’m no longer interested in news. I’m interested in causes. We don’t print the truth. We don’t pretend to print the truth. We print what people tell us. It’s up to the public to decide what’s true.
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Causes News People
As long as a journalist tells the truth, in conscience and fairness, it is not his job to worry about consequences. The truth is never as dangerous as a lie in the long run. I truly believe the truth sets men free.
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Jobs Lying Running
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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Fall Trying Worry
The champagne was flowing like the Potomac in flood.
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Cooking Culinary Food
Our best today; better tomorrow.
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Better Today Tomorrow
Sure, 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.
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Editors Lazy Thinking
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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Body People Politics
The first rough draft of history.
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Drafts Firsts Journalism Rough
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