Those [Watergate] tapes are going to take me to my grave with a huge smile on my face.

Sometimes I am convinced there is nothing wrong with this country that couldn't be cured by the magical implantation of ethical standards on us all - leaders and followers. Until that becomes doable, the Center for Public Integrity is just about the best thing we have going for us.

You never monkey with the truth.

Those [Watergate] tapes are going to take me to my grave with a huge smile on my face.

Maybe some of today's papers have too many 'feel-good' features, but there is a lot of good news out there.

To hell with news! I'm no longer interested in news. I'm interested in causes. We don't print the truth. We don't pretend to print the truth. We print what people tell us. It's up to the public to decide what's true.

The history of American politics is littered with bodies of people who took so pure a position that they had no clout at all.