The Post 2017 quotes, page 2

Ben Bradlee

He says we can't, I say we can. There, you're caught up.

Ben Bagdikian

I always wanted to be part of a small rebellion.

Daniel Ellsberg

I was struck, in fact, by President Johnson's reaction to these revelations as close to treason. Because it reflected to me the sense that what was damaging to the reputation of a particular administration, a particular individual, was in itself treason. Which is very close to saying, "I am the State".

My decision stands, and I'm going to bed.

Ben Bradlee

No matter what happens tomorrow, we are not a little local paper anymore.

Quality drives profitability.

Daniel Ellsberg

Someone said this, at some point, about why we stayed when we knew we were losing. Ten percent was to help the South Vietnamese. Twenty percent was to hold back the Commies. Seventy percent was to avoid the humiliation of an American defeat. Seventy percent of those boys just to avoid being humiliated? That stuck with me.

Ben Bradlee

They'll be defending the first amendment. We'll tell them that the only way to protect the right to publish - is to publish.

This company has been in my life for longer than most of the people working there have been alive. So, I don't need the lecture on legacy.

This is no longer my father's company. It's no longer my husband's company. It's my company.

When Phil died it was just - I was 45 years old and I had never held - I never had to hold a job in my life. But, I just, I loved the paper, you know. I do. I do so love the paper. I don't want it to be my fault. I don't want to be the one - I don't want to let Phil and my father and all of you kids and everybody down.