All Ben Bradlee Quotes
- Sometimes I am convinced there is nothing wrong with this country that couldn't be cured by the magical implantation of ethical standards on us all… All
- The history of American politics is littered with bodies of people who took so pure a position that they had no clout at all. All
- As long as a journalist tells the truth, in conscience and fairness, it is not his job to worry about consequences. The truth is never… Believe
- You never monkey with the truth. Funny
- I never believed that Nixon could fully resurrect himself. And the proof of that was in the obits. Believed
- Hire people smarter than you are and encourage them to bloom. Bloom
- If an investigative reporter finds out that someone has been robbing the store, that may be 'gotcha' journalism, but it's also good journalism. Been
- Those [Watergate] tapes are going to take me to my grave with a huge smile on my face.. Face
- 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
- It changes your life, the pursuit of truth, Changes
- I don’t want to disappoint too many people, but the number of interesting political, historical conversations we had, you could stick in your ear, it… Conversation
- Maybe some of today's papers have too many 'feel-good' features, but there is a lot of good news out there. Features
- The biggest difference between Kennedy and Nixon, as far as the press is concerned, is simply this: Jack Kennedy really liked newspaper people and he… Biggest
- There is nothing like daily journalism! Best damn job in the world! Best
- Nothing's riding on this, except the First Amendment to the Constitution, freedom of the press and maybe the future of the country. Not that any… Amendment
- The first rough draft of history. Draft
- I think he had a strange, passionate devotion to the truth and a horror at what he saw going on. Advocating
- The Nixon administration really put a lot of pressure on CBS not to run the second broadcast. Administration
- News is the first draft of history. Draft
- As a child, one looks for compliments. As an adult, one looks for evidence of effectiveness. Adult
- Our best today; better tomorrow, Best
- I give Cronkite a whole lot of credit. Credit
- It took us about a day and a half to find out what had gone wrong. Day
- The really tough thing would have been to decide to take Woodward and Bernstein off the story. They were carrying the coal for us -… Been
- We made only one real mistake. And even then we were right. Mistake