Bob Woodward quotes - page 2

I think people are smart enough to sort it out. They know when they're watching one of these food fight shows where journalists sit around and yell and scream at each other, versus serious issue reporting. (Bob Woodward)
It would seem that the Watergate story from beginning to end could be used as a primer on the American political system. View quote
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Using these unnamed sources, if done properly, carefully and fairly, provides more accountability in government. View quote
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Way before Watergate, senior administration officials hid behind anonymity. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Any suggestion that I'm writing about political operatives because I'm interested in political operatives misses the entire point. View quote
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Even now there is no evidence that anyone involved in the Nixon operation was going to threaten us. View quote
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I believe there's too little patience and context to many of the investigations I read or see on television. View quote
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Watergate provides a model case study of the interaction and powers of each of the branches of government. It also is a morality play with a sad and dramatic ending. View quote
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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)
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. View quote
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We're not going to have another Watergate in our lifetime. I'm sure. View quote
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There's hostility to lying, and there should be. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Nixon's attempts to order subversion of various departments was bound to come out in some form. View quote
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I recently read some of the transcripts of Nixon's Watergate tapes, and they spent hours trying to figure out who was leaking and providing information to Carl and myself. View quote
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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. View quote
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I don't think voters give a hoot about the character of their political advisors, except to the extent that character reflects on the candidates. (Bob Woodward)
If so, our posture would be as follows: we published the story and said it was true, but now we are going to nominate it for a Pulitzer - now that's serious business. View quote
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When you see how the President makes political or policy decisions, you see who he is. The essence of the Presidency is decision-making. View quote
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It was accountability that Nixon feared. View quote
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Newspapers that are truly independent, like The Washington Post, can still aggressively investigate anyone or anything with no holds barred. View quote
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