Quote by Bob Woodward
The failure of the system to deal quickly was attributable to Nixo

The failure of the system to deal quickly was attributable to Nixons lying, stonewalling and refusal to come clean. So it took 26 months for the final truth to be known. – Bob Woodward

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I give lectures for money, but all the money goes to charity. So, I make no money from it. – Bob Woodward

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Many people have their reputations as reporters and analysts because they are on television, batting around conventional wisdom. A lot of these people have never reported a story. – Bob Woodward

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After Nixon resigned in 1974, he engaged in a very aggressive war with history, attempting to wipe out the Watergate stain and memory. Happily, history won, largely because of Nixons tapes. – Bob Woodward

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With the NDAA, his failure to close Guantanamo Bay and the ramping use of drones, President Obama looks suspiciously like President Bush, a man on a quest for American Empire. – Justin Sane

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Its a failure of national vision when you regard children as weapons, and talents as materials you can mine, assay, and fabricate for profit and defense. – John Hersey

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Life is so fresh, life is every day so new if we are fighting, only for the best. Sometimes I think the only real satisfaction in life is failure, failure in your endeavor to do your best. – Maude Adams

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Coming to terms with the fact that my marriage was a failure was devastating and very difficult. – Sarah McLachlan

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He invades authors like a monarch; and what would be theft in other poets is only victory in him. – John Dryden

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