I give lectures for money, but all the money goes to charity. So, I make no money from it.
BOB WOODWARDEven now there is no evidence that anyone involved in the Nixon operation was going to threaten us.
More Bob Woodward Quotes
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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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I believe there’s too little patience and context to many of the investigations I read or see on television.
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Some newspapers have a hands-off policy on favored politicians. But it’s generally very small newspapers or local TV stations.
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I don’t think it’s useful for somebody to argue with reviews.
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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.
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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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Lawyers didn’t seriously get involved in the Watergate stories until quite late, when we realized we were on to something.
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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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Reporters may believe they control the story, but the story always controls the reporters.
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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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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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Newspapers that are truly independent, like The Washington Post, can still aggressively investigate anyone or anything with no holds barred.
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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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They need to review this secret world. We have an incredibly powerful government that gets on automatic pilot.
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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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