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Ben Bradlee

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.
BEN BRADLEE

Jobs Lying Running
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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Journalism May Robbing
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
I think he had a strange, passionate devotion to the truth and a horror at what he saw going on.
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Passionate Saws Thinking
You never monkey with the truth.
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Animal Monkey Truth
As a child, one looks for compliments. As an adult, one looks for evidence of effectiveness.
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Adult Children Effectiveness
The Nixon administration really put a lot of pressure on CBS not to run the second broadcast.
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Administration Pressure Running
I never believed that Nixon could fully resurrect himself. And the proof of that was in the obits.
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Orbit Proof Resurrect Resurrection
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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Differences Newspapers People President Press
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
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Guy Personal Something Telling
Hire people smarter than you are and encourage them to bloom.
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Encourage People Smarter
There will always be leaks; in Washington, everywhere.
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Always Country Everywhere Leaks
Generals who can write always make me nervous.
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Always General Nervous Writing
It changes your life, the pursuit of truth.
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Changing Life Pursuit
Those [Watergate] tapes are going to take me to my grave with a huge smile on my face.
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Faces Graves Tape

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