 I think journalism gets measured by the quality of information it presents, not the drama or the pyrotechnics associated with us. |
| Clinton feels a profound alienation from the Washington culture here, and I happen to agree with him. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| We're not going to have another Watergate in our lifetime. I'm sure. |
| Lawyers didn't seriously get involved in the Watergate stories until quite late, when we realized we were on to something. |
| There is a garbage culture out there, where we pour garbage on people. Then the pollsters run around and take a poll and say, do you smell anything? |
| 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. |
| The failure of the system to deal quickly was attributable to Nixon's lying, stonewalling and refusal to come clean. So it took 26 months for the final truth to be known. |
| I gave my word that this source would not be identified unless he changed his mind. He has not. |
| I have written things that Republicans and Democrats and all kinds of figures have either hated or felt very uncomfortable about. Because in doing these long projects and books, you get close to the bone. And they're not calling me up and asking me for dinner. |
| The cloud of doubt that surrounds political figures tends to remain and never dissipate or be clarified. |
| 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. |
| The legislator learns that when you talk a lot, you get in trouble. You have to listen a lot to make deals. |
| We need to police ourselves in the media. |
| Way before Watergate, senior administration officials hid behind anonymity. |
| 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. |
| People like to pigeonhole and say, Well, I'm a Washington insider, and you know, that's quite silly. What does that even mean? |
| 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. |
