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Bob Woodward Quotes

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

A reporter's ability to keep the bond of confidentiality often enables him to learn the hidden or secret aspects of government Picture Quote #1

The legislator learns that when you talk a lot, you get in trouble. You have to listen a lot to make deals Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The cloud of doubt that surrounds political figures tends to remain and never dissipate or be clarified Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

People like to pigeonhole and say, well, I'm a Washington insider, and you know, that's quite silly. What does that even mean? Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Nixon's attempts to order subversion of various departments was bound to come out in some form Picture Quote #1

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? Picture Quote #1

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Newspapers that are truly independent, like the Washington Post, can still aggressively investigate anyone or anything with no holds barred Picture Quote #1

Lawyers didn't seriously get involved in the Watergate stories until quite late, when we realized we were on to something Picture Quote #1

It would seem that the Watergate story from beginning to end could be used as a primer on the American political system Picture Quote #1

If you interviewed 1,000 politicians and asked about whether the media's too soft or too hard, about 999 would say too hard Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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I think that everyone is kind of confused about the information they get from the media and rightly so. I'm confused about the information I get from the media Picture Quote #1

I think journalism gets measured by the quality of information it presents, not the drama or the pyrotechnics associated with us Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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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 (Bob Woodward Quotes) 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 (Bob Woodward Quotes) A reporter's ability to keep the bond of confidentiality often enables him to learn the hidden or secret aspects of government (Bob Woodward Quotes) The legislator learns that when you talk a lot, you get in trouble. You have to listen a lot to make deals (Bob Woodward Quotes) 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 (Bob Woodward Quotes) The cloud of doubt that surrounds political figures tends to remain and never dissipate or be clarified (Bob Woodward Quotes) Some newspapers have a hands - off policy on favored politicians. But it's generally very small newspapers or local TV stations (Bob Woodward Quotes) People like to pigeonhole and say, well, I'm a Washington insider, and you know, that's quite silly. What does that even mean? (Bob Woodward Quotes) 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 (Bob Woodward Quotes) 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 (Bob Woodward Quotes) Nixon's attempts to order subversion of various departments was bound to come out in some form (Bob Woodward Quotes) 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? (Bob Woodward Quotes) Newspapers that are truly independent, like the Washington Post, can still aggressively investigate anyone or anything with no holds barred (Bob Woodward Quotes) Lawyers didn't seriously get involved in the Watergate stories until quite late, when we realized we were on to something (Bob Woodward Quotes) It would seem that the Watergate story from beginning to end could be used as a primer on the American political system (Bob Woodward Quotes) If you interviewed 1,000 politicians and asked about whether the media's too soft or too hard, about 999 would say too hard (Bob Woodward Quotes) 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 (Bob Woodward Quotes) 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 (Bob Woodward Quotes) I think that everyone is kind of confused about the information they get from the media and rightly so. I'm confused about the information I get from the media (Bob Woodward Quotes) I think journalism gets measured by the quality of information it presents, not the drama or the pyrotechnics associated with us (Bob Woodward Quotes) 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 (Bob Woodward Quotes)

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