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Bob Woodward
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: March 26
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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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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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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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Clinton feels a profound alienation from the Washington culture here, and I happen to agree with him.
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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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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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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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They need to review this secret world. We have an incredibly powerful government that gets on automatic pilot.
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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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Deep Throat was a very unfortunate name given to the source by the managing editor of The Washington Post.
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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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I believe there's too little patience and context to many of the investigations I read or see on television.
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The failure of the system to deal quickly was attributable to Nixon's lying, stonewalling and refusal to come clean. So it took 26 months for the final truth to be known.
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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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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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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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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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I don't think it's useful for somebody to argue with reviews.
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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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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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