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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

#affairs #foreign #foreign affairs #gets #had

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

— Dillon Burroughs

#make-a-difference #faith

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

#even #i #insider #know #like

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

#biggest #carl #caused #couple #every

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

— Bob Woodward

#cloud #dissipate #doubt #figures #never

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

#each #friends #heart #him #his

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

#clean #come #deal #failure #final

Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them. ↗

— William Wordsworth

#decorate #more #often #pictures #than

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

— Bob Woodward

#get #learns #legislator #listen #lot

The number of illegal activities were so large that one was bound to come out and lead to the uncovering of the others. Nixon was too willing to use the power of government to settle scores and get even with enemies. ↗

— Bob Woodward

#bound #come #even #get #government