“Goddammit, when is somebody going to go on the record in this...” – Ben Bradlee, All the President's Men ... Movie Quotes Database

Goddammit, when is somebody going to go on the record in this story?!...You guys are about to write a story that says the former Attorney General, the highest-ranking law enforcement officer in this country, is a crook! Just be sure you're right...Leave plenty of room for his denial.

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Ben Bradlee It's like they taught us at Harvard: few things are as gratifying to the soul as having another man's nuts in a vise. Ben Bradlee All right, you made a mistake maybe, we all have, just don't make another. And watch your personal lives, who you hang around with. Someone once said the price of democracy is a bloodletting every ten years. Make sure it isn't our blood. Ben Bradlee Now hold it, hold it. We're about to accuse Mr. Haldeman, who only happens to be the second most important man in America, of conducting a criminal conspiracy from inside the White House. It would be nice if we were right.