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Ben Bradlee Quotes: "The first rough draft of history."

The first rough draft of history.



Ben Bradlee Quotes: "As a child, one looks for compliments. As an adult, one looks for evidence of effectiveness."

As a child, one looks for compliments. As an adult, one looks for evidence of effectiveness.




Ben Bradlee Quotes: "There is nothing like daily journalism! Best damn job in the world!"

There is nothing like daily journalism! Best damn job in the world!



Ben Bradlee Quotes: "The history of American politics is littered with bodies of people who took so pure a position that they had no clout at all."

The history of American politics is littered with bodies of people who took so pure a position that they had no clout at all.




Ben Bradlee Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "It is my experience that most claims of national security are part of a campaign to avoid telling the truth."

It is my experience that most claims of national security are part of a campaign to avoid telling the truth.



Ben Bradlee Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "You never monkey with the truth."

You never monkey with the truth.



Ben Bradlee Quotes: "Hire people smarter than you are and encourage them to bloom."

Hire people smarter than you are and encourage them to bloom.



Ben Bradlee Quotes: "The Nixon administration really put a lot of pressure on CBS not to run the second broadcast."

The Nixon administration really put a lot of pressure on CBS not to run the second broadcast.



Ben Bradlee Quotes: "Everybody who talks to a newspaper has a motive. That's just a given. And good reporters always, repeat always, probe to find out what that motive is."

Everybody who talks to a newspaper has a motive. That's just a given. And good reporters always, repeat always, probe to find out what that motive is.



Ben Bradlee Quotes: "If an investigative reporter finds out that someone has been robbing the store, that may be 'gotcha' journalism, but it's also good journalism."

If an investigative reporter finds out that someone has been robbing the store, that may be 'gotcha' journalism, but it's also good journalism.




Ben Bradlee Quotes: "The champagne was flowing like the Potomac in flood."

The champagne was flowing like the Potomac in flood.



Ben Bradlee Quotes: "Our best today; better tomorrow."

Our best today; better tomorrow.



Ben Bradlee Quotes: "In the perfect world every source could be identified, but like the man said, "It's not a perfect world.""

In the perfect world every source could be identified, but like the man said, "It's not a perfect world."



Ben Bradlee Quotes: "I think he had a strange, passionate devotion to the truth and a horror at what he saw going on."

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



Ben Bradlee Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "It changes your life, the pursuit of truth, if you know that you have tried to find the truth and gone past the first apparent truth towards the real truth. It's very, it's very exciting."

It changes your life, the pursuit of truth, if you know that you have tried to find the truth and gone past the first apparent truth towards the real truth. It's very, it's very exciting.



Ben Bradlee Quotes: "Those [Watergate] tapes are going to take me to my grave with a huge smile on my face."

Those [Watergate] tapes are going to take me to my grave with a huge smile on my face.



Ben Bradlee Quotes: "There will always be leaks; in Washington, everywhere."

There will always be leaks; in Washington, everywhere.



Ben Bradlee Quotes: "Maybe some of today's papers have too many 'feel-good' features, but there is a lot of good news out there."

Maybe some of today's papers have too many 'feel-good' features, but there is a lot of good news out there.



Ben Bradlee Quotes: "Generals who can write always make me nervous."

Generals who can write always make me nervous.



Ben Bradlee Quotes: "I never believed that Nixon could fully resurrect himself. And the proof of that was in the obits."

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



Ben Bradlee Quotes: "Cherchez la femme" is good advice for investigative reporters. "Follow the money" is even better advice."

Cherchez la femme" is good advice for investigative reporters. "Follow the money" is even better advice.