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It would seem that the Watergate story from beginning to end could be used as a primer on the American political system. ↗

— Bob Woodward

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Nixon had some large achievements in foreign affairs. They will be remembered. But a president probably gets remembered for one thing, and Watergate will head the Nixon list, I suspect. ↗

— Bob Woodward

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We cannot do everything, but we can all do something. ↗

— Dillon Burroughs

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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 even mean? ↗

— Bob Woodward

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The biggest rap on me is that I don't find a Watergate every couple of years. Well, Watergate was unique. It's not something Carl Bernstein, I, or the Washington Post caused. ↗

— Bob Woodward

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The cloud of doubt that surrounds political figures tends to remain and never dissipate or be clarified. ↗

— Bob Woodward

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Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by his heart, and his friends can only read the title. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

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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 it took 26 months for the final truth to be known. ↗

— Bob Woodward

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Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them. ↗

— William Wordsworth

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The legislator learns that when you talk a lot, you get in trouble. You have to listen a lot to make deals. ↗

— Bob Woodward

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