Deep Throat was a very unfortunate name given to the source by the managing editor of The Washington Post.
BOB WOODWARDDeep Throat was a very unfortunate name given to the source by the managing editor of The Washington Post.
BOB WOODWARDNixon had some large achievements in foreign affairs. They will be remembered. But a president probably gets remembered for one thing, and Watergate will head the Nixon list, I suspect.
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.
BOB WOODWARDI 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.
BOB WOODWARDGood work is always done in defiance of management.
BOB WOODWARDThere is a garbage culture out there, where we pour garbage on people. Then the pollsters run around and take a poll and say, do you smell anything?
BOB WOODWARDThe 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.
BOB WOODWARDThe 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.
BOB WOODWARDIf information is true, if it can be verified, and if it’s really important, the newspaper needs to be willing to take the risk associated with using unidentified sources.
BOB WOODWARDThe 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.
BOB WOODWARDWe need to police ourselves in the media.
BOB WOODWARDReporters may believe they control the story, but the story always controls the reporters.
BOB WOODWARDThey need to review this secret world. We have an incredibly powerful government that gets on automatic pilot.
BOB WOODWARDI recently did the David Letterman Show about my book. He was very serious and made no jokes and it caught me off guard a little bit. He was much more serious than some of the joke shows that journalists get on.
BOB WOODWARDWe’re not going to have another Watergate in our lifetime. I’m sure.
BOB WOODWARDFinally, the president added, ‘The American people are idealists, but they also want their leaders to be realistic…’
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