67 Quotes by Ben Bradlee

She was the premier American publisher, ... She got tested more than most of them, and she stood up with such bravery.

She was set out on such a difficult voyage,

She learned very well and very fast and you know, she learned the way the rest of us learned -- by making mistakes and not being scared of saying so.

I don't know about "any" publisher. But Katharine Graham and I had been working together for almost seven years and we had come to trust each other.

He was a strong leader and dedicated his paper to excellence as well as financial success, and there weren't many of those.

He couldn't really go to his superior, who was L. Patrick Gray, who was busy throwing documents into the Potomac River from the bridge. He couldn't go to the attorney general, who was on his way to jail himself.

They certainly did. They tried to make her look like a "nut case" and they succeeded to some extent.

I don't think I said it. I know who his source is, and I don't want to get into it. ... I have not told a soul who it is.

The media" is too big a word. I think there are some reporters who have adopted a "gotcha" mentality, but not in the really good newspapers.