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Good work is always done in defiance of management.

Bob Woodward

When you hear in the tape recordings Nixon’s own voice saying, We have to stonewall, We have to lie to the Grand Jury, We have to pay burglars a million dollars, it’s all too clear the horror of what went on.
BOB WOODWARD

Dollars Lying Voice
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.
BOB WOODWARD

Book Jokes Literature Littles Serious
I don’t think it’s useful for somebody to argue with reviews.
BOB WOODWARD

Arguing Reviews Thinking
They need to review this secret world. We have an incredibly powerful government that gets on automatic pilot.
BOB WOODWARD

Government Need Powerful Support
I think journalism gets measured by the quality of information it presents, not the drama or the pyrotechnics associated with us.
BOB WOODWARD

Drama Quality Thinking
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.
BOB WOODWARD

Couple Rap Unique
Some newspapers have a hands-off policy on favored politicians. But it’s generally very small newspapers or local TV stations.
BOB WOODWARD

Hands Literature Newspaper Television
I give lectures for money, but all the money goes to charity. So, I make no money from it.
BOB WOODWARD

Giving Literature Money
I gave my word that this source would not be identified unless he changed his mind. He has not…
BOB WOODWARD

Literature Mind Source
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.
BOB WOODWARD

Memories Out War Wiping
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.
BOB WOODWARD

Air Believe Views
Deep Throat’s information, and in my view, courage, allowed the newspaper to use what he knew and suspected.
BOB WOODWARD

Information Use Views
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.
BOB WOODWARD

Iceberg Map Scandal Tip
…Obama said, ‘I welcome debate among my team, but I won’t tolerate division’.
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Division Military Team
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.
BOB WOODWARD

Believe Independent Work
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?
BOB WOODWARD

People Running Smell

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