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Bob Woodward Inspirational Quotes (45)

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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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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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I don't think it's useful for somebody to argue with reviews.
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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 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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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 give lectures for money, but all the money goes to charity. So, I make no money from it.
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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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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 think journalism gets measured by the quality of information it presents, not the drama or the pyrotechnics associated with us.
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Using these unnamed sources, if done properly, carefully and fairly, provides more accountability in government.
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Getting up in the morning and having work you love is what makes life different for people. If you get into a position where you don't love what you're doing, get off it.
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Certain political figures think when you call them and ask them for a comment that you are somehow doing something that you shouldn't be doing.
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Deep Throat was a very unfortunate name given to the source by the managing editor of The Washington Post.
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Deep Throat's information, and in my view, courage, allowed the newspaper to use what he knew and suspected.
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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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Sometimes,doing nothing is the best reaction.
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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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[Clinton] believes that the Washington press corps is so out of touch that it is absolutely inconceivable that reporters will understand the issues that people are really dealing with in their lives.
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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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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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In Haig's presence, Kissinger referred pointedly to military men as dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns for foreign policy.
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I suspect there have been a number of conspiracies that never were described or leaked out. But I suspect none of the magnitude and sweep of Watergate.
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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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