We’re not going to have another Watergate in our lifetime. I’m sure.
BOB WOODWARDI don’t think voters give a hoot about the character of their political advisors, except to the extent that character reflects on the candidates.
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I deal with first-hand sources. And give the people, even John Sununu, the opportunity to respond to what I’ve been told by first-hand sources.
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I believe Watergate shows that the system did work. Particularly the Judiciary and the Congress, and ultimately an independent prosecutor working in the Executive Branch.
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The 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.
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I think journalism gets measured by the quality of information it presents, not the drama or the pyrotechnics associated with us.
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…Obama said, ‘I welcome debate among my team, but I won’t tolerate division’.
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Watergate provides a model case study of the interaction and powers of each of the branches of government. It also is a morality play with a sad and dramatic ending.
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The 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.
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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 gave my word that this source would not be identified unless he changed his mind. He has not…
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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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If there’s one thing that Trump does, he never quits.
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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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Deep Throat’s information, and in my view, courage, allowed the newspaper to use what he knew and suspected.
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I’m not going to name some of my colleagues who are very well-known for their television presentation, but they wouldn’t know new information or how to report a story if it came up and bit them.
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