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

There will always be leaks; in Washington, everywhere.

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.

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: You never monkey with the truth.

You never monkey with the truth.

Ben Bradlee quotes: We made only one real mistake. And even then we were right.

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

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: The champagne was flowing like the Potomac in flood.

The champagne was flowing like the Potomac in flood.

Ben Bradlee quotes: I give Cronkite a whole lot of credit.

I give Cronkite a whole lot of credit.

Ben Bradlee quotes: News is the first draft of history.

News is the first draft of history.

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

Generals who can write always make me nervous.

Ben Bradlee quotes: It changes your life, the pursuit of truth,

It changes your life, the pursuit of truth,

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

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

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: Our best today; better tomorrow,

Our best today; better tomorrow,

Ben Bradlee quotes: I must be out of it, but I don't know any good journalists who have excused Clinton's problems.

I must be out of it, but I don't know any good journalists who have excused Clinton's problems.

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: 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: 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: 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: The first rough draft of history.

The first rough draft of history.

Ben Bradlee quotes: It took us about a day and a half to find out what had gone wrong.

It took us about a day and a half to find out what had gone wrong.

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: They cut about seven minutes from that broadcast, but it was still vital to the story's momentum.

They cut about seven minutes from that broadcast, but it was still vital to the story's momentum.

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.