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

Even now there is no evidence that anyone involved in the Nixon operation was going to threaten us.

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.

There are people who take rumors and embellish them in a way that can be devastating. And this pollution has to be eradicated by people in our business as best we can.

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

It would be absurd for me or any other editor to review the authenticity or accuracy of stories that are nominated for prizes.