Zitate und Sprüche von Bob Woodward

I think journalism gets measured by the quality of information it presents, not the drama or the pyrotechnics associated with us.

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

I don't think it's useful for somebody to argue with reviews.

The biggest rap on me is that I don't find a Watergate every couple of years. Well, Watergate was unique. It's not something Carl Bernstein, I, or the Washington Post caused.

I have gone on the air and announced my telephone number at the Washington Post. I go into the night, talking to people, looking for things. The great dreaded thing every reporter lives with is what you don't know. The source you didn't go to. The phone call you didn't return.

Why are there so many Latina's in Illinois?
Because that's where the Chica go.

They say money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a flight to Illinois - and that's pretty much the same thing.

Disappearances are bread-and-butter to journalists.

So long as men write what they think, then all of the other freedoms - all of them - may remain intact. And it is then that writing becomes a weapon of truth.

A good journalist never reveals her sources.

What is it with reporters? You take one person's tragedy and force the world to experience it... spread it like sickness.

People aren't always very fond of journalists. You know what they say - lies are soft and malleable, but the truth is sharp and inflexible.

The most effective check and balance on government has been an independent press which maintains its credibility by ensuring that its criticism is balanced and based on fact - based indeed on solid journalistic work.

Certain people have wanted to put me behind bars for a long time now. That's part of my work. If I were afraid, I couldn't do what I do.

Mr. President, Ukraine did not "start" this war. Russia launched an unprovoked and brutal invasion claiming hundreds of thousands of lives. The Road to Peace must be built on the Truth.