I think journalism gets measured by the quality of information it presents, not the drama or the pyretechnics associated with us

We're not going to have another Watergate in our lifetime. I'm sure.

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.

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.

Sometimes,doing nothing is the best reaction.

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.

I believe Watergate shows that the system did work. Particularly the Judiciary and the Congress, and ultimately an independent prosecutor working in the Executive Branch.

Getting up in the morning and having work you love is what makes life different for people. If you get into a position where you don't love what you're doing, get off it.

When you see how the President makes political or policy decisions, you see who he is. The essence of the Presidency is decision-making.

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.

It was accountability that Nixon feared.

An idea without sacrifice, regardless of grand it might be, will never be anything more than an idea.

Living is about clucking your tongue and enjoying the sound.~Slater

God is patiently transfiguring all the notes of my life into the song of His Son.

Scouting is a game for boys under the leadership of boys under the direction of a man.

You never know what's going to happen. Anything can happen there... and often does.

There's another way of making music, by touching the lives and feelings of ordinary people.

If you have a charismatic cause you don't need to be a charismatic leader.

If you don't invest in the characters, you don't care if they get killed. It's more fun if you know them.

I think everyone on the planet is a fan of a painting because everyone is a fan of visual stimulation, but I've had freedom in the world [of painting] because I've kept it to myself.

If you take the time to study how to be a doctor and how to use your scalpel and your medicine, then there are endless beings out there to help.