Bob Woodward Quotes & Sayings
65 most famous Bob Woodward quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He was an American journalist who passed away on 7 February, 1972.
“The 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.”
“The central dilemma in journalism is that you don't know what you don't know.”
“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.”
“When you see how the President makes political or policy decisions, you see who he is. The essence of the Presidency is decision-making.”
“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.”
“The source known as Deep Throat provided a kind of road map through the scandal. His one consistent message was that the Watergate burglary was just the tip of the iceberg.”
“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.”
“There's hostility to lying, and there should be.”
“Way before Watergate, senior administration officials hid behind anonymity.”
“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.”
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