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Bob Woodward Quotes: Reporters may believe they control the story, but the story always controls the reporters.
         

Reporters may believe they control the story, but the story always controls the reporters.


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



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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.

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.



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Sometimes,doing nothing is the best reaction.



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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.



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.

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.



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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.



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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.



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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.



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It was accountability that Nixon feared.





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