79 Quotes by Carl Bernstein

"the best obtainable version of the truth. It's a simple concept, but difficult to do."

"Not on a paper run by a media conglomerate, ... And the public may not react with the same indignation."

"You know, one of the things about Watergate and one of the things about the Nixon presidency is that it just keeps going. It never ends,"

"The lowest form of popular culture -- lack of information, misinformation, misinformation, and a contempt for the truth or the reality of most people's lives -- has overrun real journalism. Today, ordinary Americans are being stuffed with garbage."

"I think all good reporting is the same thing – the best attainable version of the truth."

"You can’t serve the public good without the truth as a bottom line."

"The people of the United States are entitled to assume that their President is telling the truth. The pattern of misrepresentation and half-truths that emerges from our investigation reveals a presidential policy cynically based on the premise that the truth itself is negotiable."

"Basic strategy that goes all the way to the top. The phrase unnerved Bernstein. For the first time, he considered the possibility that the President of the United States was the head ratfucker."

"Marilyn, I have a wife and family and a dog and a cat."

"Always remember, others may hate you – but those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself."