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When you see how the President makes political or policy decisions, you see who he is. The essence of the Presidency is decision-making.

~Bob Woodward

Topics: Decision-Making Decisions Essence He How Makes Policy Political Presidency President See Who You

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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 too hard.

~Bob Woodward

Topics: About Asked Hard Media Politicians Say Soft Too Whether Would You

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Watergate is an immensely complicated scandal with a cast of characters as varied as a Tolstoy novel.

~Bob Woodward

Topics: Cast Characters Complicated Immensely Novel Scandal Tolstoy Varied Watergate

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After Nixon resigned in 1974, he engaged in a very aggressive war with history, attempting to wipe out the Watergate stain and memory. Happily, history won, largely because of Nixon's tapes.

~Bob Woodward

Topics: After Aggressive Attempting Because Engaged Happily He History Largely Memory Nixon Out Resigned Stain Tapes Very War Watergate Wipe Won

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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 confused about the information I get from the media.

~Bob Woodward

Topics: About Confused Everyone Get Information Kind Media Rightly Think I Think

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The fact of the Watergate cover-up is not nearly as interesting as the step into making the cover-up. And when you understand the step, you understand that Richard Nixon lied. That he was a criminal.

~Bob Woodward

Topics: Cover-Up Criminal Fact He Interesting Lied Making Nearly Nixon Richard Richard Nixon Step Understand Watergate You

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Newspapers that are truly independent, like The Washington Post, can still aggressively investigate anyone or anything with no holds barred.

~Bob Woodward

Topics: Anyone Anything Barred Holds Independent Investigate Like Newspapers Post Still Truly Washington Washington Post

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It was accountability that Nixon feared.

~Bob Woodward

Topics: Accountability Feared Nixon

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I have found people don't want to be told. That they can figure it out.

~Bob Woodward

Topics: Figure Found Out People Want

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There is a garbage culture out there, where we pour garbage on people. Then the pollsters run around and take a poll and say, do you smell anything?

~Bob Woodward

Topics: Anything Around Culture Garbage Out People Poll Pour Run Say Smell Take Then Where You

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: March 26th, 1943

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