Lawyers didn't seriously get involved in the Watergate stories until quite late, when we realized we were on to something.

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• Bob Woodward:

  I believe Watergate shows that the system did work. Particularly the Judiciary and the Congress, an

• Bob Woodward:

  The failure of the system to deal quickly was attributable to Nixon's lying, stonewalling and refus

• Bob Woodward:

  Nixon's grand mistake was his failure to understand that Americans are forgiving, and if he had adm

• Bob Woodward:

  Watergate provides a model case study of the interaction and powers of each of the branches of gove

• Bob Woodward:

  It would seem that the Watergate story from beginning to end could be used as a primer on the Ameri

• Bob Woodward:

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

• Bob Woodward:

  I suspect there have been a number of conspiracies that never were described or leaked out. But I s

• Bob Woodward:

  Suppose Watergate had not been uncovered? I'd still be on the City Desk.

• Bob Woodward:

  The number of illegal activities were so large that one was bound to come out and lead to the uncov

• Bob Woodward:

  Nixon's attempts to order subversion of various departments was bound to come out in some form.