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

I give lectures for money, but all the money goes to charity. So, I make no money from it.

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?

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.

Some newspapers have a hands-off policy on favored politicians. But it's generally very small newspapers or local TV stations.

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

I always am very aggressive and putting out much more than people would like, but that's the business I'm in.