Harry Rosenfeld:
"Look, he wants on the story bad. They both do. He knows a lot of people. Howard, they're hungry. You remember when you were hungry?"
Walter Cronkite:
"Now here comes the president's helicopter, Marine Helicopter Number One, landing on the plaza on the east side of the east front of the Capitol."
Ben Bradlee:
"Look, McGovern's dropped to nothing, Nixon's guaranteed the renomination, the Post is stuck with a story no one else wants, it'll sink the goddamn paper. Everyone says, "Get off it, Ben", and I come on very sage and I say, uh, "Well, you'll see, you wait till this bottoms out." But the truth is, I can't figure out WHAT we've got."
Police Dipsatcher:
"Car 727, car 727, open door at the Watergate office building, possible burglary, see the security guard."
Bob Woodward:
"Who's Charles Colson?"
Harry Rosenfeld:
"Sit down. You know I'm glad you asked me that question. The reason I'm glad you asked me is because if you had asked Simons or Bradlee they woulda said, 'You know we're gonna have to fire this schmuck at once because he's so *dumb*'."
Carl Bernstein:
"Bob, listen, I think I've got something, I don't know what it is. But somewhere in this world there is a Kenneth H. Dahlberg, and we gotta get to him before the New York Times does, because I think they've got the same information."
Ben Bradlee:
"Now hold it, hold it. We're about to accuse Haldeman, who only happens to be the second most important man in this country, of conducting a criminal conspiracy from inside the White House. It would be nice if we were right."
Carl Bersntein:
"Boy, that woman was paranoid! At one point I - I suddenly wondered how high up this thing goes, and her paranoia finally got to me, and I thought what we had was so hot that any minute CBS or NBC were going to come in through the windows and take the story away."
Bob Woodward:
"You're both paranoid. She's afraid of John Mitchell, and you're afraid of Walter Cronkite."
Bob Woodward:
" If you're gonna do it, do it right. If you're gonna hype it, hype it with the facts. I don't mind what you did. I mind the way you did it."
Bob Woodward:
"Well, who is Charles Colson?"
Henry Rosenfeld:
"The most powerful man in the United States is President Nixon. You've heard of him? Charles Colson is special counsel to the President. There's a cartoon on his wall. The caption reads, 'When you've got 'em by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow'. "
Ben Bradlee:
"All non-denial denials. They doubt our ancestry, but they don't say the story isn't accurate."
Ben Bradlee:
"You know the results of the latest Gallup Poll? Half the country never even heard of the word Watergate. Nobody gives a shit. You guys are probably pretty tired, right? Well, you should be. Go on home, get a nice hot bath. Rest up... 15 minutes. Then get your asses back in gear. We're under a lot of pressure, you know, and you put us there."
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