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
Deep Throat did serve the public interest by providing the guidance and information to us. – Bob Woodward
The number of illegal activities were so large that one was bound to come out and lead to the uncovering of the others. Nixon was too willing to use the power of government to settle scores and get even with enemies. – Bob Woodward
When you practice reporting for as long as I have, you keep yourself at a distance from True Believers. Either conservatives or liberals or Democrats or Republicans. – Bob Woodward
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. – Bob Woodward
A reporter’s ability to keep the bond of confidentiality often enables him to learn the hidden or secret aspects of government. – 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. – Bob Woodward
Lawyers didn’t seriously get involved in the Watergate stories until quite late, when we realized we were on to something. – Bob Woodward
When you see how the President makes political or policy decisions, you see who he is. The essence of the Presidency is decision-making. – Bob Woodward
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. – Bob Woodward
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. – Bob Woodward
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
If information is true, if it can be verified, and if it’s really important, the newspaper needs to be willing to take the risk associated with using unidentified sources. – Bob Woodward
Deep Throat was a very unfortunate name given to the source by the managing editor of The Washington Post. – Bob Woodward
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. – Bob Woodward
The cloud of doubt that surrounds political figures tends to remain and never dissipate or be clarified. – Bob Woodward
I suspect there have been a number of conspiracies that never were described or leaked out. But I suspect none of the magnitude and sweep of Watergate. – Bob Woodward
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. – Bob Woodward
When you hear in the tape recordings Nixon’s own voice saying, We have to stonewall, We have to lie to the Grand Jury, We have to pay burglars a million dollars, it’s all too clear the horror of what went on. – Bob Woodward
Watergate is an immensely complicated scandal with a cast of characters as varied as a Tolstoy novel. – Bob Woodward
It would seem that the Watergate story from beginning to end could be used as a primer on the American political system. – Bob Woodward
I don’t think there will ever be a permanent truce, but I believe the media needs to be more careful and be willing to count to 10 before rushing on the air or into print. – Bob Woodward
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. – Bob Woodward
I recently did the David Letterman Show about my book. He was very serious and made no jokes and it caught me off guard a little bit. He was much more serious than some of the joke shows that journalists get on. – Bob Woodward
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
Using these unnamed sources, if done properly, carefully and fairly, provides more accountability in government. – Bob Woodward
