Ben Bradlee

We made only one real mistake. And even then we were right. ”

We were right about the slush fund. But Sloan did not testify about it to the Grand Jury. ”

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. ”

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. ”

I think he had a strange, passionate devotion to the truth and a horror at what he saw going on. ”

I never believed that Nixon could fully resurrect himself. And the proof of that was in the obits. ”