If the story had legs, if would run; they wouldnāt have to push it.Carl Bernstein
The cover-up had little to do with Watergate. It was mainly to protect the covert operations. It leads everywhere.Deep Throat
This moment was more than any award. It was vindication.Carl Bernstein
The capacity of the press to ignoreāits ability to look at the most compelling evidence and then, because it does not like the implications, call it inconclusiveāis one of the most important yet unexamined stories about newsgathering.Carl Bernstein
Loss of innocence. More accurately, the discovery of a world that seemed to enjoy its state of un-innocence.Carl Bernstein
When you're a little kid you're a little bit of everything; Scientist, Philosopher, Artist. Sometimes it seems like growing up is giving these things up one at a time.Carl Bernstein
Almost everybody at The Post read it. The story had obvious significance, and besides, everybody liked a good spy story.Carl Bernstein
The reporters wanted the story, bad enough to believe in it. Woodward wanted it most of all.Carl Bernstein
The Post is sticking with the story. It'll come out...all of it.Ben Bradlee
Some day people will look back on this whole period and say āMy God, how did they ever let things like that happenāBernstein's Source
Nothing's riding on this except the first amendment to the Constitution, freedom of the press and maybe the future of the country.Ben Bradlee