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> [In the John Paul II days, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger had the advantage of staying in his cupboard - the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith - exchanging views only with the Pope, and speaking publicly only through carefully written…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-bernstein/in-the-john-paul-ii-days-cardinal-joseph-ratzinger-had-the-advantage/)

[Carl Bernstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-bernstein/)

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## Other authors on Paul Ii

## More by Carl Bernstein

> [I think all good reporting is the same thing - the best attainable version of the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-bernstein/i-think-all-good-reporting-is-the-same-thing-the-best-attainable/)

[Carl Bernstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-bernstein/)

> [ The reality is that the media are probably the most powerful of all our institutions today and they, or rather we \[journalists\], too often… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-bernstein/the-reality-is-that-the-media-are-probably-the-most-powerful-of-all/)

[Carl Bernstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-bernstein/)

> [If you are a great news organization, you can't have the best obtainable version of the truth if your vision and your scale is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-bernstein/if-you-are-a-great-news-organization-you-can-t-have-the-best/)

[Carl Bernstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-bernstein/)

> [“The people of the United States are entitled to assume that their President is telling the truth. The pattern of misrepresentation and half-truths that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-bernstein/the-people-of-the-united-states-are-entitled-to-assume-that-their/)

[Carl Bernstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-bernstein/)

> [“The August 1 story had carried their joint byline; the day afterward, Woodward asked Sussman if Bernstein's name could appear with his on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-bernstein/the-august-1-story-had-carried-their-joint-byline-the-day-afterward/)

[Carl Bernstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-bernstein/)

> [The failures of the press have contributed immensely to the emergence of a talk-show nation, in which public discourse is reduced to ranting and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-bernstein/the-failures-of-the-press-have-contributed-immensely-to-the-emergence/)

[Carl Bernstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-bernstein/)

> [The most important ethical issues and the most difficult ones are the human ones because a reporter has enormous power to hurt people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-bernstein/the-most-important-ethical-issues-and-the-most-difficult-ones-are-the/)

[Carl Bernstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-bernstein/)

> [There had always been black people in and out of our house, and from the outset I had been taught that for them life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-bernstein/there-had-always-been-black-people-in-and-out-of-our-house-and-from/)

[Carl Bernstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-bernstein/)

> [“The managing editor shared Bernstein's fondness for doping things out on the basis of sketchy information. At the same time, he was cautious about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-bernstein/the-managing-editor-shared-bernstein-s-fondness-for-doping-things-out/)

[Carl Bernstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-bernstein/)

> [Donald Trump is american neo-fascist. The word "neo" meaning "new", has a lot to do with it, a new kind of fascist in our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-bernstein/donald-trump-is-american-neo-fascist-the-word-neo-meaning-new-has-a/)

[Carl Bernstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-bernstein/)

> [For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norms, even our cultural ideal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-bernstein/for-the-first-time-the-weird-and-the-stupid-and-the-coarse-are/)

[Carl Bernstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-bernstein/)

> [The Congress is a dysfunctional institution; it's broken. One of our three branches of government is broken.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-bernstein/the-congress-is-a-dysfunctional-institution-it-s-broken-one-of-our/)

[Carl Bernstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-bernstein/)

> [“They walked across 15th Street to the Madison Hotel's Montpelier Room, an opulent French restaurant. Bradlee asked for a corner table, and began the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-bernstein/they-walked-across-15th-street-to-the-madison-hotel-s-montpelier-room/)

[Carl Bernstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-bernstein/)

> [“Rosenfeld runs the metropolitan staff, the Post's largest, like a football coach. He prods his players, letting them know that he has promised the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-bernstein/rosenfeld-runs-the-metropolitan-staff-the-post-s-largest-like-a/)

[Carl Bernstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-bernstein/)

> [“The story was solid. Howard Simons ordered the front page remade for the second edition. Bernstein was more shaken by all this than by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-bernstein/the-story-was-solid-howard-simons-ordered-the-front-page-remade-for/)

[Carl Bernstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-bernstein/)

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