--- title: "1 Cut Seven Quotes By Ben Bradlee" description: "1 Cut Seven quotes by Ben Bradlee. Plus more from Ben Bradlee and more Cut Seven sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/777/ben-bradlee-15971_about_they-cut-about-seven-minutes-from-that-b_3183549.jpg" --- > [They cut about seven minutes from that broadcast, but it was still vital to the story's momentum.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-bradlee/they-cut-about-seven-minutes-from-that-broadcast-but-it-was-still/) [Ben Bradlee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-bradlee/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/777/ben-bradlee-15971_about_they-cut-about-seven-minutes-from-that-b_3183549.jpg) ## More by Ben Bradlee > [Generals who can write always make me nervous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-bradlee/generals-who-can-write-always-make-me-nervous/) [Ben Bradlee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-bradlee/) > [ Those \[Watergate\] tapes are going to take me to my grave with a huge smile on my face.. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-bradlee/those-watergate-tapes-are-going-to-take-me-to-my-grave-with-a-huge/) [Ben Bradlee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-bradlee/) > [National security is a really big problem for journalists, because no journalist worth his salt wants to endanger the national security, but the law…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-bradlee/national-security-is-a-really-big-problem-for-journalists-because-no/) [Ben Bradlee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-bradlee/) > [We were right about the slush fund. But Sloan did not testify about it to the Grand Jury.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-bradlee/we-were-right-about-the-slush-fund-but-sloan-did-not-testify-about-it/) [Ben Bradlee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-bradlee/) > [The biggest difference between Kennedy and Nixon, as far as the press is concerned, is simply this: Jack Kennedy really liked newspaper people and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-bradlee/the-biggest-difference-between-kennedy-and-nixon-as-far-as-the-press/) [Ben Bradlee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-bradlee/) > [The champagne was flowing like the Potomac in flood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-bradlee/the-champagne-was-flowing-like-the-potomac-in-flood/) [Ben Bradlee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-bradlee/) > [To hell with news! I'm no longer interested in news. I'm interested in causes. We don't print the truth. We don't pretend to print…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-bradlee/to-hell-with-news-i-m-no-longer-interested-in-news-i-m-interested-in/) [Ben Bradlee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-bradlee/) > [As a child, one looks for compliments. As an adult, one looks for evidence of effectiveness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-bradlee/as-a-child-one-looks-for-compliments-as-an-adult-one-looks-for/) [Ben Bradlee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-bradlee/) > [I must be out of it, but I don't know any good journalists who have excused Clinton's problems.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-bradlee/i-must-be-out-of-it-but-i-don-t-know-any-good-journalists-who-have/) [Ben Bradlee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-bradlee/) > [It changes your life, the pursuit of truth, if you know that you have tried to find the truth and gone past the first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-bradlee/it-changes-your-life-the-pursuit-of-truth-if-you-know-that-you-have/) [Ben Bradlee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-bradlee/) > [The Nixon administration really put a lot of pressure on CBS not to run the second broadcast.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-bradlee/the-nixon-administration-really-put-a-lot-of-pressure-on-cbs-not-to/) [Ben Bradlee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-bradlee/) > [As long as a journalist tells the truth, in conscience and fairness, it is not his job to worry about consequences. The truth is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-bradlee/as-long-as-a-journalist-tells-the-truth-in-conscience-and-fairness-it/) [Ben Bradlee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-bradlee/) > [I do worry about how newspapers respond to falling circulation figures. I'm not sure that the answer is for newspapers to try to cater…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-bradlee/i-do-worry-about-how-newspapers-respond-to-falling-circulation/) [Ben Bradlee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-bradlee/) > [I never believed that Nixon could fully resurrect himself. And the proof of that was in the obits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-bradlee/i-never-believed-that-nixon-could-fully-resurrect-himself-and-the/) [Ben Bradlee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-bradlee/) > [Maybe some of today's papers have too many 'feel-good' features, but there is a lot of good news out there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-bradlee/maybe-some-of-today-s-papers-have-too-many-feel-good-features-but/) [Ben Bradlee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-bradlee/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cut-seven/ben-bradlee/#itemlist", "name": "1 Cut Seven Quotes By Ben Bradlee", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "They cut about seven minutes from that broadcast, but it was still vital to the story's momentum.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ben Bradlee" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-bradlee/they-cut-about-seven-minutes-from-that-broadcast-but-it-was-still/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/777/ben-bradlee-15971_about_they-cut-about-seven-minutes-from-that-b_3183549.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/777/ben-bradlee-15971_about_they-cut-about-seven-minutes-from-that-b_3183549.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/777/ben-bradlee-15971_about_they-cut-about-seven-minutes-from-that-b_3183549.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“They cut about seven minutes from that broadcast, but it was still vital to the story's momentum.” — Ben Bradlee", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cut-seven/ben-bradlee/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cut-seven/ben-bradlee/", "name": "Cut Seven Quotes by Ben Bradlee", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cut-seven/ben-bradlee/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/777/ben-bradlee-15971_about_they-cut-about-seven-minutes-from-that-b_3183549.jpg" }, "description": "1 Cut Seven quotes by Ben Bradlee. 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