Bob Woodward Quotes About Literature
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The legislator learns that when you talk a lot, you get in trouble. You have to listen a lot to make deals.
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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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Even now there is no evidence that anyone involved in the Nixon operation was going to threaten us.
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Because of Watergate in part, I am kind of a magnet for calls and information and suggestions.
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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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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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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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The fact of the Watergate cover-up is not nearly as interesting as the step into making the cover-up. And when you understand the step, you understand that Richard Nixon lied. That he was a criminal.
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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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Way before Watergate, senior administration officials hid behind anonymity.
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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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The Washington Times wrote a story questioning the authenticity of some of the suggestions made about me in Silent Coup. But as a believer in the First Amendment, I believe they have more than a right to air their views.
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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 gave my word that this source would not be identified unless he changed his mind. He has not...
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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 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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We need to police ourselves in the media.
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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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Suppose Watergate had not been uncovered? I'd still be on the City Desk.
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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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If you interviewed 1,000 politicians and asked about whether the media's "too soft" or "too hard," about 999 would say "too hard."
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I have written things that Republicans and Democrats and all kinds of figures have either hated or felt very uncomfortable about. Because in doing these long projects and books, you get close to the bone. And they're not calling me up and asking me for dinner.
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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 biggest rap on me is that I don't find a Watergate every couple of years. Well, Watergate was unique. It's not something Carl Bernstein, I, or the Washington Post caused.
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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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There's hostility to lying, and there should be.
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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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People like to pigeonhole and say, Well, I'm a Washington insider, and you know, that's quite silly. What does that even mean?
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We're not going to have another Watergate in our lifetime. I'm sure.
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