I think he had a strange, passionate devotion to the truth and a horror at what he saw going on. Ben Bradlee More Quotes by Ben Bradlee More Quotes From Ben Bradlee I do worry about how newspapers respond to falling circulation figures. I'm not sure that the answer is for newspapers to try to cater to whatever seems to be the fad of the day. Ben Bradlee worrytryingfall National security is a really big problem for journalists, because no journalist worth his salt wants to endanger the national security, but the law talks about anyone who endangers the security of the United States is going to go to jail. So, here you are, especially in the Pentagon. Some guy tells you something. He says that's a national security matter. Well, you're supposed to tremble and get scared and it never, almost never means the security of the national government. More likely to mean the security or the personal happiness of the guy who is telling you something. Ben Bradlee jailgovernmentmean The first rough draft of history. Ben Bradlee rough-draftsjournalismfirsts I never believed that Nixon could fully resurrect himself. And the proof of that was in the obits. Ben Bradlee resurrectionproof Those [Watergate] tapes are going to take me to my grave with a huge smile on my face. Ben Bradlee tapegravesfaces Sure, some journalists use anonymous sources just because they’re lazy, and I think editors ought to insist on more precise identification even if they remain anonymous. Ben Bradlee lazyeditorsthinking Generals who can write always make me nervous. Ben Bradlee nervouswriting Maybe some of today's papers have too many 'feel-good' features, but there is a lot of good news out there. Ben Bradlee newsfeel-goodpaper The biggest difference between Kennedy and Nixon, as far as the press is concerned, is simply this: Jack Kennedy really liked newspaper people and he really enjoyed sparring with journalists. Ben Bradlee newspapersdifferencespeople The champagne was flowing like the Potomac in flood. Ben Bradlee culinarycookingfood I give Cronkite a whole lot of credit. Ben Bradlee givelotcreditwhole I must be out of it, but I don't know any good journalists who have excused Clinton's problems. Ben Bradlee problemswhogoodknow It took us about a day and a half to find out what had gone wrong. Ben Bradlee wrongfinddayhalf The really tough thing would have been to decide to take Woodward and Bernstein off the story. They were carrying the coal for us - in that their stories were right. Ben Bradlee decideusstorytough There have been as many investigative reporters on this newspaper working on Clinton's many problems as I can remember there were working on Watergate. Ben Bradlee newspaperproblemsi-canremember They cut about seven minutes from that broadcast, but it was still vital to the story's momentum. Ben Bradlee stillaboutstorymomentum We made only one real mistake. And even then we were right. Ben Bradlee rightonlyrealmistake We were right about the slush fund. But Sloan did not testify about it to the Grand Jury. Ben Bradlee didrightaboutjury
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