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

Nixon's attempts to order subversion of various departments was bound to come out in some form.

It was accountability that Nixon feared.

[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.

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.

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

In Haig's presence, Kissinger referred pointedly to military men as "dumb, stupid animals to be used" as pawns for foreign policy.