All the President's Men Manipulation Quotes

How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from All the President's Men.

Quote #4

BETTY MILLAND: There's often shredding. We do that a lot.

Shredding documents in 1970s is similar to Hillary Clinton having a personal e-mail as Secretary of State in 2015. Government documents aren't supposed to be shredded or deleted. There's supposed to be transparency.

Quote #5

BERNSTEIN: In other words, by their very silence, there was a cover-up.

You've heard that honest people have nothing to hide. If that's the case, then there is no reason people shouldn't talk to Woodward and Bernstein. By not conducting interviews, they're not risking being put into a position where they have to lie, which would be worse than not talking.

Quote #6

JOE: I followed my orders. Period.

This one little line makes the Nixon administration seem super-shady. All the government employees are just following orders, but where does it stop? Would they do anything they were asked, like kill someone? Or wear a polyester suit?