Bob Woodward Quotes
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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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The legislator learns that when you talk a lot, you get in trouble. You have to listen a lot to make deals.
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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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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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They need to review this secret world. We have an incredibly powerful government that gets on automatic pilot.
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I think there are people out there who just kind of say, let's repot the plant. Let's give somebody else a chance. And it's not just anger or disappointment in their lives, it's the sense of, let's shake this up. And no one is shaking it up as much as Trump.
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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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Watergate is an immensely complicated scandal with a cast of characters as varied as a Tolstoy novel.
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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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Because of Watergate in part, I am kind of a magnet for calls and information and suggestions.
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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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He (former President Gerald Ford) made it very clear that he did not agree with the reasons President Bush laid out for the war, namely the belief that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq or that there was some obligation that the United States or the president had to expand democracy.
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A reporter's ability to keep the bond of confidentiality often enables him to learn the hidden or secret aspects of government.
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The number of illegal activities were so large that one was bound to come out and lead to the uncovering of the others. Nixon was too willing to use the power of government to settle scores and get even with enemies.
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Good work is always done in defiance of management.
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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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I think people are smart enough to sort it out. They know when they're watching one of these food fight shows where journalists sit around and yell and scream at each other, versus serious issue reporting.
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Way before Watergate, senior administration officials hid behind anonymity.
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When you see how the President makes political or policy decisions, you see who he is. The essence of the Presidency is decision-making.
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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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I give lectures for money, but all the money goes to charity. So, I make no money from it.
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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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I gave my word that this source would not be identified unless he changed his mind. He has not...
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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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...Obama said, 'I welcome debate among my team, but I won't tolerate division'.
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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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Using these unnamed sources, if done properly, carefully and fairly, provides more accountability in government.
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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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We need to police ourselves in the media.
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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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