Good work is always done in defiance of management.
BOB WOODWARDI give lectures for money, but all the money goes to charity. So, I make no money from it.
More Bob Woodward Quotes
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Finally, the president added, ‘The American people are idealists, but they also want their leaders to be realistic…’
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We’re not going to have another Watergate in our lifetime. I’m sure.
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The failure of the system to deal quickly was attributable to Nixon’s lying, stonewalling and refusal to come clean. So it took 26 months for the final truth to be known.
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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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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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…Obama said, ‘I welcome debate among my team, but I won’t tolerate division’.
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Even now there is no evidence that anyone involved in the Nixon operation was going to threaten us.
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We need to police ourselves in the media.
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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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Deep Throat was a very unfortunate name given to the source by the managing editor of The Washington Post.
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I 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.
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I 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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If 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.
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Nixon 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.
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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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