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.
BOB WOODWARDWhen 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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We’re not going to have another Watergate in our lifetime. I’m sure.
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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 think journalism gets measured by the quality of information it presents, not the drama or the pyrotechnics associated with us.
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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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Finally, the president added, ‘The American people are idealists, but they also want their leaders to be realistic…’
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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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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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I think the problem in the Republican Party is really not money. I think they’ve got lots of it. I think it is theory of the case – why are we here, what is our message, how to connect to the real world.
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I recently read some of the transcripts of Nixon’s Watergate tapes, and they spent hours trying to figure out who was leaking and providing information to Carl and myself.
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Reporters may believe they control the story, but the story always controls the reporters.
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I don’t think it’s useful for somebody to argue with reviews.
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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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When you practice reporting for as long as I have, you keep yourself at a distance from True Believers. Either conservatives or liberals or Democrats or Republicans.
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I give lectures for money, but all the money goes to charity. So, I make no money from it.
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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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