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"Deep Throat was a very unfortunate name given to the source by the managing editor of The Washington Post."
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"The point of writing my name to you is that I see who you are, you see who I am... and that's what it's about."

"A good deal of tyranny goes by the name of protection."

"Names and theoretical things don't occur to me. If they do, I'm not doing my real playing mode."

"There are, in the King case in particular, e names of confidential informants, persons to whom we promised confidentiality in return for their testimony. We have put their testimony in the public domain, but feel that their names should continue to be anonymous."

"I never heard nobody in my audience call me any kind of names."
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"When you see how the President makes political or policy decisions, you see who he is. The essence of the Presidency is decision-making."

"Using these unnamed sources, if done properly, carefully and fairly, provides more accountability in government."

"Nixon's grand mistake was his failure to understand that Americans are forgiving, and if he had admitted error early and apologized to the country, he would have escaped."

"Clinton... believes that the Washington Press Corps is so out of touch that it is absolutely inconceivable that reporters would understand the issues that people are really dealing with in their lives."

"People like to pigeonhole and say, Well, I'm a Washington insider, and you know, that's quite silly. What does that even mean?"

"The number of illegal activities were so large that one was bound to come out and lead to the uncovering of the others. Nixon was too willing to use the power of government to settle scores and get even with enemies."

"If you interviewed 1,000 politicians and asked about whether the media's too soft or too hard, about 999 would say too hard."

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

"If information is true, if it can be verified, and if it's really important, the newspaper needs to be willing to take the risk associated with using unidentified sources."
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