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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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Bob Woodward
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: March 26
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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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Clinton feels a profound alienation from the Washington culture here, and I happen to agree with him.
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I don't think there will ever be a permanent truce, but I believe the media needs to be more careful and be willing to count to 10 before rushing on the air or into print.
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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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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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[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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I gave my word that this source would not be identified unless he changed his mind. He has not...
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If there's one thing that Trump does, he never quits.
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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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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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Finally, the president added, 'The American people are idealists, but they also want their leaders to be realistic...'
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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 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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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