A biography for Bob Woodwardhasn’t been written yet.
“There may yet be another Watergate book. I have thought a book about the aftermath of Watergate and its impact could be done, perhaps by me or someone else.”
“When you see how the President makes political or policy decisions, you see who he is. The essence of the Presidency is decision-making.”
“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.”
“Even now there is no evidence that anyone involved in the Nixon operation was going to threaten us.”
“Watergate provides a model case study of the interaction and powers of each of the branches of government. It also is a morality play with a sad and dramatic ending.”
“I gave my word that this source would not be identified unless he changed his mind. He has not.”
“I suspect there have been a number of conspiracies that never were described or leaked out. But I suspect none of the magnitude and sweep of Watergate.”
“Certain political figures think when you call them and ask them for a comment; that you are somehow doing something that you shouldn't be doing.”
“The central dilemma in journalism is that you don't know what you don't know.”
“I recently read some of the transcripts of Nixon's Watergate tapes, and they spent hours trying to figure out who was leaking and providing information to Carl and myself.”
“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.”
“I recently did the David Letterman Show about my book. He was very serious and made no jokes and it caught me off guard a little bit. He was much more serious than some of the joke shows that journalists get on.”
“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.”
“Some newspapers have a hands-off policy on favored politicians. But it's generally very small newspapers or local TV stations.”
“Because of Watergate in part, I am kind of a magnet for calls and information and suggestions.”
“Finally, the president added, 'The American people are idealists, but they also want their leaders to be realistic...”
“Watergate is an immensely complicated scandal with a cast of characters as varied as a Tolstoy novel.”
“...Obama said, 'I welcome debate among my team, but I won't tolerate division.”
“We're not going to have another Watergate in our lifetime. I'm sure.”
“Obama had campaigned against Bush's ideas and approaches. But, Donilon, for one, thought that Obama had perhaps underestimated the extent to which he had inherited George W. Bush's presidency - the apparatus, personnel and mind-set of war making.”