"Nixon's grand mistake was his failure to understand……" — Bob Woodward
"Nixon's grand mistake was his failure to understand that Americans are forgiving, and if he had admitted error early and apologized to the country, he would have escaped."
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73 Quotes by Bob Woodward
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In Haig's presence, Kissinger referred pointedly to military men as "dumb, stupid animals to be used" as pawns for foreign…
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Sometimes,doing nothing is the best reaction.
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Reporters may believe they control the story, but the story always controls the reporters.
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Finally, the president added, 'The American people are idealists, but they also want their leaders to be realistic...'
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People like to pigeonhole and say, Well, I'm a Washington insider, and you know, that's quite silly. What does that…
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Good work is always done in defiance of management.
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The failure of the system to deal quickly was attributable to Nixon's lying, stonewalling and refusal to come clean. So…
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When you practice reporting for as long as I have, you keep yourself at a distance from True Believers. Either…
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Watergate provides a model case study of the interaction and powers of each of the branches of government. It also…
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...Obama said, 'I welcome debate among my team, but I won't tolerate division'.
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If you interviewed 1,000 politicians and asked about whether the media's too soft or too hard, about 999 would say…
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I think that everyone is kind of confused about the information they get from the media and rightly so. I'm…
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