The Nixon administration really put a lot of pressure on CBS not to run the second broadcast..

As a child, one looks for compliments. As an adult, one looks for evidence of effectiveness..

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 -….

There will always be leaks; in Washington, everywhere..

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….

I do worry about how newspapers respond to falling circulation figures. I'm not sure that the answer is for newspapers to try to cater to whatever se….

It's very hard to stand up to the government which is saying that publication will threaten national security. People don't seem to realize that repo….

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

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….

It changes your life, the pursuit of truth..

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 of t….

In the perfect world every source could be identified, but like the man said, "It's not a perfect world.".

The champagne was flowing like the Potomac in flood..

It is my experience that most claims of national security are part of a campaign to avoid telling the truth..

Generals who can write always make me nervous..

Those [Watergate] tapes are going to take me to my grave with a huge smile on my face..

To hell with news! I'm no longer interested in news. I'm interested in causes. We don't print the truth. We don't pretend to print the truth. We prin….

There is nothing like daily journalism! Best damn job in the world!.

You never monkey with the truth..

Everybody who talks to a newspaper has a motive. That's just a given. And good reporters always, repeat always, probe to find out what that motive is..

The first rough draft of history..