Newspapers that are truly independent, like The Washington Post, can still aggressively investigate anyone or anything with no holds barred.
Bob WoodwardDeep Throat was a very unfortunate name given to the source by the managing editor of The Washington Post.
Bob WoodwardWhen you practice reporting for as long as I have, you keep yourself at a distance from True Believers. Either conservatives or liberals or Democrats or Republicans.
Bob WoodwardAfter 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.
Bob WoodwardUsing these unnamed sources, if done properly, carefully and fairly, provides more accountability in government.
Bob WoodwardI gave my word that this source would not be identified unless he changed his mind. He has not...
Bob WoodwardCertain political figures think when you call them and ask them for a comment; that you are somehow doing something that you shouldn't be doing.
Bob WoodwardIt would be absurd for me or any other editor to review the authenticity or accuracy of stories that are nominated for prizes.
Bob WoodwardThere 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.
Bob WoodwardThe 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.
Bob WoodwardAny suggestion that I'm writing about political operatives because I'm interested in political operatives misses the entire point.
Bob WoodwardThere may yet be another Watergate book. I have thought a book about the aftermath of Watergate and its impact could be done, perhaps by me or someone else.
Bob WoodwardThe fact of the Watergate cover-up is not nearly as interesting as the step into making the cover-up. And when you understand the step, you understand that Richard Nixon lied. That he was a criminal.
Bob WoodwardIn Haig's presence, Kissinger referred pointedly to military men as "dumb, stupid animals to be used" as pawns for foreign policy.
Bob WoodwardA reporter's ability to keep the bond of confidentiality often enables him to learn the hidden or secret aspects of government.
Bob WoodwardBecause of Watergate in part, I am kind of a magnet for calls and information and suggestions.
Bob WoodwardI always am very aggressive and putting out much more than people would like, but that's the business I'm in.
Bob WoodwardDeep Throat did serve the public interest by providing the guidance and information to us.
Bob WoodwardI have gone on the air and announced my telephone number at the Washington Post. I go into the night, talking to people, looking for things. The great dreaded thing every reporter lives with is what you don't know. The source you didn't go to. The phone call you didn't return.
Bob WoodwardThe biggest rap on me is that I don't find a Watergate every couple of years. Well, Watergate was unique. It's not something Carl Bernstein, I, or the Washington Post caused.
Bob WoodwardI believe there's too little patience and context to many of the investigations I read or see on television.
Bob WoodwardI 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.
Bob WoodwardI recently did the David Letterman Show about my book. He was very serious and made no jokes and it caught me off guard a little bit. He was much more serious than some of the joke shows that journalists get on.
Bob WoodwardIf you interviewed 1,000 politicians and asked about whether the media's "too soft" or "too hard," about 999 would say "too hard."
Bob WoodwardClinton feels a profound alienation from the Washington culture here, and I happen to agree with him.
Bob WoodwardHe (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.
Bob WoodwardI 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.
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