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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