Bob Woodward
Bob Woodward
Robert Upshur "Bob" Woodwardis an American investigative journalist and non-fiction author. He has worked for The Washington Post since 1971 as a reporter and is now an associate editor of the Post...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth26 March 1943
CityGeneva, IL
CountryUnited States of America
accountability literature
It was accountability that Nixon feared.
inspirational morning love-is
Getting up in the morning and having work you love is what makes life different for people. If you get into a position where you don't love what you're doing, get off it.
disclose effort joe organized publicly sort undercover wife
Was there some sort of conspiracy, or organized effort, or effort by one person to out, to disclose publicly that Joe Wilson's wife was an undercover operative?
I just wanted to see how many rich, war-mongering Republicans there are here.
hear
I hear you have a bombshell; would you let me in on it,
truth
I have to go to the prosecutor. I have to tell the truth.
asked dragged realized released source
I realized I was going to be dragged into this, that I was the catalyst. And then I asked the source, 'If you go to the prosecutor, am I released to testify?' And the source told me, 'Yes.'
clinton president served talk
Clinton said no president ever who served would talk like that, as if it is out of his hand,
happens mainstream outside
In the most frightening way, what happens on these tapes, part of the significance is what doesn't happen. To my knowledge, no one ever said what would be wrong, would be good, what would be right for the country. It's always about Nixon. It is so outside the mainstream of the American presidency.
becomes cut newspapers
If you want to cut that off, go read the newspapers in China. The news becomes part of the party.
ask case draw economic group hand line nixon people quite raise rule straight terms
If you were to ask the same group of people 25 years ago, after Nixon resigned, 'Are you better off?' ... most people would raise their hand because it established the rule of law, ... But I wonder. You can't quite draw a line from (Nixon resigning) to the well-being of everyone. In the case of Greenspan, in terms of people's economic well being, it's a pretty straight line.
american-journalist whether
If you interviewed 1,000 politicians and asked about whether the media's too soft or too hard, about 999 would say too hard.
believe biggest duty free liberate word
He told me 'I believe we have a duty to free the people, to liberate the people,' ... And I believe duty is the biggest word for a president.
endlessly man sure
He's a man of conscience, and I'm sure he's been interviewed endlessly about why he did it,