Bob Woodward

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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

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  • “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.” -Bob Woodward

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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.” -Bob Woodward

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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

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  • “I give lectures for money, but all the money goes to charity. So, I make no money from it.” -Bob Woodward

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  • “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.” -Bob Woodward

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  • “Using these unnamed sources, if done properly, carefully and fairly, provides more accountability in government.” -Bob Woodward

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  • “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

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  • “Nixon’s grand mistake was his failure to understand that Americans are forgiving, and if he had admitted error early and apologized to the country, he would have escaped.” -Bob Woodward

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  • “Deep Throat’s information, and in my view, courage, allowed the newspaper to use what he knew and suspected.” -Bob Woodward

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  • “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.” -Bob Woodward

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  • “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.” -Bob Woodward

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