359 Quotes by Bob Woodward

Deep Throat did serve the public interest by providing the guidance and information to us.

I hear you have a bombshell; would you let me in on it,

I think people are smart enough to sort it out. They know when they're watching one of these food fight shows where journalists sit around and yell and scream at each other, versus serious issue reporting.

I have to go to the prosecutor. I have to tell the truth.

I believe there's too little patience and context to many of the investigations I read or see on television.

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.

I give lectures for money, but all the money goes to charity. So, I make no money from it.

If you want to cut that off, go read the newspapers in China. The news becomes part of the party.

Any suggestion that I'm writing about political operatives because I'm interested in political operatives misses the entire point.