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Bob Woodward

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...Obama said, 'I welcome debate among my team, but I won't tolerate division.


— Bob Woodward


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Finally, the president added, 'The American people are idealists, but they also want their leaders to be realistic...


— Bob Woodward


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A reporter's ability to keep the bond of confidentiality often enables him to learn the hidden or secret aspects of government.


— Bob Woodward


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I believe Watergate shows that the system did work. Particularly the Judiciary and the Congress, and ultimately an independent prosecutor working in the Executive Branch.


— Bob Woodward


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I don't think there will ever be a permanent truce, but I believe the media needs to be more careful and be willing to count to 10 before rushing on the air or into print.


— Bob Woodward


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I give lectures for money, but all the money goes to charity. So, I make no money from it.


— Bob Woodward


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The central dilemma in journalism is that you don't know what you don't know.


— Bob Woodward


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Lawyers didn't seriously get involved in the Watergate stories until quite late, when we realized we were on to something.


— Bob Woodward


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The source known as Deep Throat provided a kind of road map through the scandal. His one consistent message was that the Watergate burglary was just the tip of the iceberg.


— Bob Woodward


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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


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The book and movie also led to one of Washington D. Woodward and Bernstein followed up with a second successful book on Watergate entitled The Final Days (Simon and Schuster 1976) covering in extensive depth the period from November 1973 until President Nixon resigned in August 1974. 1 are
The Choice—about Bill Clinton's re-election bid; (1996) ISBN 0-684-81308-4
Maestro—about Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan; (2000) ISBN 0-7432-0412-3
The Secret Man—about Mark Felt's disclosure after more than 30 years that he was Deep Throat.

While a young reporter for The Washington Post in 1972 Woodward was teamed up with Carl Bernstein; the two did much of the original news reporting on the Watergate scandal. Robert Upshur “Bob” Woodward (born March 26 1943) is an American investigative journalist and non-fiction author.

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