The greatest felony in the news business today is to be behind, or to miss a big story. So speed and quantity substitute for thoroughness and quality, for accuracy and context.
Carl BernsteinRadical thought has inspired many of the great political and social reform movements in American history, from ending slavery to establishing the minimum wage.
Carl BernsteinThe American Revolution and Declaration of Independence, it has often been argued, were fueled by the most radical of all American political ideas.
Carl BernsteinAll institutions have lapses, even great ones, especially by individual rogue employees - famously in recent years at The Washington Post, The New York Times, and the three original TV networks.
Carl Bernstein