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

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

When you see how the President makes political or policy decisions, you see who he is. The essence of the Presidency is decision-making.

He (former President Gerald Ford) made it very clear that he did not agree with the reasons President Bush laid out for the war, namely the belief that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq or that there was some obligation that the United States or the president had to expand democracy.

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.

I have written things that Republicans and Democrats and all kinds of figures have either hated or felt very uncomfortable about. Because in doing these long projects and books, you get close to the bone. And they're not calling me up and asking me for dinner.

The number of illegal activities were so large that one was bound to come out and lead to the uncovering of the others. Nixon was too willing to use the power of government to settle scores and get even with enemies.