I gave my word that this source would not be identified unless he changed his mind. He has not...

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

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.

It was accountability that Nixon feared.

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

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

Newspapers that are truly independent, like The Washington Post, can still aggressively investigate anyone or anything with no holds barred.