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You never monkey with the truth.

~Ben Bradlee

Topics: Monkey Never Truth You

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The champagne was flowing like the Potomac in flood.

~Ben Bradlee

Topics: Champagne Flood Flowing Like

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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 also good journalism.

~Ben Bradlee

Topics: Also Been Finds Good Investigative Journalism May Out Reporter Robbing Someone Store

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We were right about the slush fund. But Sloan did not testify about it to the Grand Jury.

~Ben Bradlee

Topics: About Did Fund Grand Jury Right Slush Testify Were

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I give Cronkite a whole lot of credit.

~Ben Bradlee

Topics: Credit Give Lot Whole

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I must be out of it, but I don't know any good journalists who have excused Clinton's problems.

~Ben Bradlee

Topics: Any Clinton Good Journalists Know Must Out Problems Who

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I never believed that Nixon could fully resurrect himself. And the proof of that was in the obits.

~Ben Bradlee

Topics: Believed Could Fully Himself Never Nixon Proof

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I think he had a strange, passionate devotion to the truth and a horror at what he saw going on.

~Ben Bradlee

Topics: Devotion Going Had He Horror Passionate Saw Strange Think Truth I Think

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It took us about a day and a half to find out what had gone wrong.

~Ben Bradlee

Topics: About Day Find Gone Had Half Out Took Us Wrong

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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 identification even if they remain anonymous.

~Ben Bradlee

Topics: Anonymous Because Editors Even Identification Insist Journalists Just Just Because Lazy More Ought Precise Remain Some Sources Sure Think Use I Think

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Editor

Born: August 26th, 1921

Died: October 21st, 2014

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