Finally, the president added, ‘The American people are idealists, but they also want their leaders to be realistic…’
BOB WOODWARDGood work is always done in defiance of management.
More Bob Woodward Quotes
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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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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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We need to police ourselves in the media.
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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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Not a season passes without new disclosures showing Nixon’s numerous attempts at criminal use of his presidential powers and in fact the scorn he held for the rule of law.
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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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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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I think that everyone is kind of confused about the information they get from the media and rightly so. I’m confused about the information I get from the media.
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If there’s one thing that Trump does, he never quits.
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We’re not going to have another Watergate in our lifetime. I’m sure.
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After Nixon resigned in 1974, he engaged in a very aggressive war with history, attempting to wipe out the Watergate stain and memory. Happily, history won, largely because of Nixon’s tapes.
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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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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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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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