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Bob Woodward
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: March 26
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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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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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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 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 give lectures for money, but all the money goes to charity. So, I make no money from it.
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Nixon had some large achievements in foreign affairs. They will be remembered. But a president probably gets remembered for one thing, and Watergate will head the Nixon list, I suspect.
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Not a season passes without new disclosures showing Nixon's numerous attempts at criminal use of his presidential powers and in fact the scorn he held for the rule of law.
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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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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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If there's one thing that Trump does, he never quits.
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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.
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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?
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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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Even now there is no evidence that anyone involved in the Nixon operation was going to threaten us.
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There are people who take rumors and embellish them in a way that can be devastating. And this pollution has to be eradicated by people in our business as best we can.
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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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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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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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[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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