It's very hard to stand up to the government which is saying that publication will threaten national security. People don't seem to realize that reporters and editors know something about national security and care deeply about it. — Ben Bradlee Copy Share Image
Sure, some journalists use anonymous sources just because they’re lazy, and I think editors ought to insist on more precise identification even if they remain anonymous. — Ben Bradlee Copy Share Image
Those [Watergate] tapes are going to take me to my grave with a huge smile on my face.. — Ben Bradlee Copy Share Image
National security is a really big problem for journalists, because no journalist worth his salt wants to endanger the national security, but the law… — Ben Bradlee Copy Share Image
We were right about the slush fund. But Sloan did not testify about it to the Grand Jury. — Ben Bradlee Copy Share Image
The biggest difference between Kennedy and Nixon, as far as the press is concerned, is simply this: Jack Kennedy really liked newspaper people and… — Ben Bradlee Copy Share Image
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… — Ben Bradlee Copy Share Image
As a child, one looks for compliments. As an adult, one looks for evidence of effectiveness. — Ben Bradlee Copy Share Image
I must be out of it, but I don't know any good journalists who have excused Clinton's problems. — Ben Bradlee Copy Share Image
It changes your life, the pursuit of truth, if you know that you have tried to find the truth and gone past the first… — Ben Bradlee Copy Share Image
The Nixon administration really put a lot of pressure on CBS not to run the second broadcast. — Ben Bradlee Copy Share Image
As long as a journalist tells the truth, in conscience and fairness, it is not his job to worry about consequences. The truth is… — Ben Bradlee Copy Share Image
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