Bob Woodward Quotes - Page 3

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• Deep Throat was a very unfortunate name given to the source by the managing editor of The Washington Post.

  Bob Woodward

  Editors, Names, Source

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• Deep Throat did serve the public interest by providing the guidance and information to us.

  Bob Woodward

  Information, Guidance, Interest

  "Watergate: 25 Years Later". The Washington Post Interview, www.washingtonpost.com. June 17, 1997.

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• Certain 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 Woodward

  Thinking, Political, Literature

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

  Bob Woodward

  Political, Stories, Used

  "Watergate: 25 Years Later". The Washington Post Interview, www.washingtonpost.com. June 17, 1997.

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• Nixon's attempts to order subversion of various departments was bound to come out in some form.

  Bob Woodward

  Order, Form, Subversion

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• Lawyers didn't seriously get involved in the Watergate stories until quite late, when we realized we were on to something.

  Bob Woodward

  Stories, Literature, Lawyer

  "Watergate: 25 Years Later". The Washington Post Interview, www.washingtonpost.com. June 17, 1997.

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• There 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 Woodward

  Book, Impact, Aftermath

  "Watergate: 25 Years Later". The Washington Post Interview, www.washingtonpost.com. June 17, 1997.

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• Many people have their reputations as reporters and analysts because they are on television, batting around conventional wisdom. A lot of these people have never reported a story.

  Bob Woodward

  Wisdom, People, Stories

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• I'm not going to name some of my colleagues who are very well-known for their television presentation, but they wouldn't know new information or how to report a story if it came up and bit them.

  Bob Woodward

  College, Names, Stories

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• I suspect there have been a number of conspiracies that never were described or leaked out. But I suspect none of the magnitude and sweep of Watergate.

  Bob Woodward

  Swag, Numbers, Literature

  "Watergate: 25 Years Later". The Washington Post Interview, www.washingtonpost.com. June 17, 1997.

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• I 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 Woodward

  Fear, Night, Phones

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• Using these unnamed sources, if done properly, carefully and fairly, provides more accountability in government.

  Bob Woodward

  Government, Accountability, Done

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• The Washington Times wrote a story questioning the authenticity of some of the suggestions made about me in Silent Coup. But as a believer in the First Amendment, I believe they have more than a right to air their views.

  Bob Woodward

  Believe, Air, Views

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• When you hear in the tape recordings Nixon's own voice saying, We have to stonewall, We have to lie to the Grand Jury, We have to pay burglars a million dollars, it's all too clear the horror of what went on.

  Bob Woodward

  Lying, Voice, Dollars

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

  Bob Woodward

  Literature, Trouble, Deals

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• We need to police ourselves in the media.

  Bob Woodward

  Media, Police, Needs

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• I think the problem in the Republican Party is really not money. I think they've got lots of it. I think it is theory of the case - why are we here, what is our message, how to connect to the real world.

  Bob Woodward

  Real, Party, Thinking

  "Sen. Lindsey Graham talks Hagel, Brennan nominations; Sen. Rand Paul on the Obama agenda, Republican policy". "Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace", www.foxnews.com. February 17, 2013.

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

  Bob Woodward

  Editors, Would Be, Stories

  "It Wasn't a Game" by Bill Green, www.washingtonpost.com. April 19, 1981.

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• Way before Watergate, senior administration officials hid behind anonymity.

  Bob Woodward

  Senior, Literature, Way

  "Watergate: 25 Years Later". The Washington Post Interview, www.washingtonpost.com. June 17, 1997.

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• Nixon had some large achievements in foreign affairs. They will be remembered. But a president probably gets remembered for one thing, and Watergate will head the Nixon list, I suspect.

  Bob Woodward

  Achievement, President, Literature

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• Clinton feels a profound alienation from the Washington culture here, and I happen to agree with him.

  Bob Woodward

  Agreement, Profound, Culture

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• ...Obama said, 'I welcome debate among my team, but I won't tolerate division'.

  Bob Woodward

  Military, Team, Division

  Bob Woodward (2011). “Obama's Wars”, p.374, Simon and Schuster

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

  Bob Woodward

  Media, Literature, Politician

  "Watergate: 25 Years Later". The Washington Post Live Online discussion, www.washingtonpost.com. June 17, 1997.

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• I believe there's too little patience and context to many of the investigations I read or see on television.

  Bob Woodward

  Patience, Believe, Television

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• Not a season passes without new disclosures showing Nixon's numerous attempts at criminal use of his presidential powers and in fact the scorn he held for the rule of law.

  Bob Woodward

  Law, Presidential, Criminals

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