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The Negroes are facing the alternative of rising in the sphere of production to supply their proportion of the manufacturers and merchants or of going down to the graves of paupers. ↗

— Carter G. Woodson

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We do not show the Negro how to overcome segregation, but we teach him how to accept it as final and just. ↗

— Carter G. Woodson

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There are people who take rumors and embellish them in a way that can be devastating. And this pollution has to be eradicated by people in our business as best we can. ↗

— Bob Woodward

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Nothing induces me to read a novel except when I have to make money by writing about it. I detest them. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

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People respond when they are taught, and that primarily by example, rather than preached at. Jesus modeled just this approach in His life." ~R. Alan Woods [2013] ↗

— R. Alan Woods

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A reporter's ability to keep the bond of confidentiality often enables him to learn the hidden or secret aspects of government. ↗

— Bob Woodward

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Some people go to priests; others to poetry; I to my friends. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

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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 Nixon's tapes. ↗

— Bob Woodward

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I believe Watergate shows that the system did work. Particularly the Judiciary and the Congress, and ultimately an independent prosecutor working in the Executive Branch. ↗

— Bob Woodward

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I don't think there will ever be a permanent truce, but I believe the media needs to be more careful and be willing to count to 10 before rushing on the air or into print. ↗

— Bob Woodward

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