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Ben Bradlee Quotes

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It changes your life, the pursuit of truth.

"'Post' Editor Bradlee Helped Define Modern American Journalism". "All Things Considered" with Robert Siegel, wuwm.com. October 22, 2014.

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

"Deep Throat Revealed: Ben Bradlee". Live Q&A, www.washingtonpost.com. June 2, 2005.

You never monkey with the truth.

"Watergate: 25 Years Later". Online discussion, www.washingtonpost.com. June 17, 1997.

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

"Ben Bradlee, legendary Washington Post editor, dies at 93" by Robert G. Kaiser, www.washingtonpost.com. October 21, 2014.

Our best today; better tomorrow.

Ben Bradlee (2017). “A Good Life: Newspapering and Other Adventures”, p.482, Simon and Schuster

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

"Watergate: 25 Years Later". Online discussion, www.washingtonpost.com. June 17, 1997.

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

"Watergate: 25 Years Later". Online discussion, www.washingtonpost.com. June 17, 1997.

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

"Watergate: 25 Years Later". Online discussion, www.washingtonpost.com. June 17, 1997.