"Sometimes I am convinced there is nothing wrong……" — Ben Bradlee
"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 - leaders and followers. Until that becomes doable, the Center for Public Integrity is just about the best thing we have going for us."
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32 Quotes by Ben Bradlee
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The history of American politics is littered with bodies of people who took so pure a position that they had…
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As long as a journalist tells the truth, in conscience and fairness, it is not his job to worry about…
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You never monkey with the truth.
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I never believed that Nixon could fully resurrect himself. And the proof of that was in the obits.
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Hire people smarter than you are and encourage them to bloom.
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If an investigative reporter finds out that someone has been robbing the store, that may be 'gotcha' journalism, but it's…
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Those [Watergate] tapes are going to take me to my grave with a huge smile on my face..
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Sure, some journalists use anonymous sources just because they’re lazy, and I think editors ought to insist on more precise…
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It changes your life, the pursuit of truth,
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I don’t want to disappoint too many people, but the number of interesting political, historical conversations we had, you could…
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Maybe some of today's papers have too many 'feel-good' features, but there is a lot of good news out there.
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The biggest difference between Kennedy and Nixon, as far as the press is concerned, is simply this: Jack Kennedy really…
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