"I have found people don't want to be told. That they can figure it out."

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"I have found people don't want to be told. That they can figure it out."

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"It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be together for even a half an hour without one acquiring an evident superiority over the other."

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"There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing."

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"I do give books as gifts sometimes, when people would rather have one than a new Ferrari."

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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."

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

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"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."

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"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."

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

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"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."

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

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

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"The central dilemma in journalism is that you don't know what you don't know."

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"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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