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If there's one thing that Trump does, he never quits.

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Bob Woodward
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: March 26
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Robert Upshur Woodward
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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'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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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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Newspapers that are truly independent, like The Washington Post, can still aggressively investigate anyone or anything with no holds barred.
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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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Finally, the president added, 'The American people are idealists, but they also want their leaders to be realistic...'
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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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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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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 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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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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Way before Watergate, senior administration officials hid behind anonymity.
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...Obama said, 'I welcome debate among my team, but I won't tolerate division'.
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