Even now there is no evidence that anyone involved in the Nixon operation was going to threaten us.
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?
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I 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.
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Watergate is not the sort of issue that changes the vote. I don’t know anyone who has changed their vote because of it.
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Reporters may believe they control the story, but the story always controls the reporters.
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The source known as Deep Throat provided a kind of road map through the scandal. His one consistent message was that the Watergate burglary was just the tip of the iceberg.
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I don’t think it’s useful for somebody to argue with reviews.
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They need to review this secret world. We have an incredibly powerful government that gets on automatic pilot.
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[Clinton] believes that the Washington press corps is so out of touch that it is absolutely inconceivable that reporters will understand the issues that people are really dealing with in their lives.
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I believe there’s too little patience and context to many of the investigations I read or see on television.
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Good work is always done in defiance of management.
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Nixon’s grand mistake was his failure to understand that Americans are forgiving, and if he had admitted error early and apologized to the country, he would have escaped.
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We’re not going to have another Watergate in our lifetime. I’m sure.
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It would be absurd for me or any other editor to review the authenticity or accuracy of stories that are nominated for prizes.
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I gave my word that this source would not be identified unless he changed his mind. He has not…
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There 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?
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The 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.
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