All the President's Men Perseverance Quotes

The people connected to the Nixon administration employ a broken-record tactic of saying "no comment" over and over again. Their strategy is to keep doing this until the reports either give up or go crazy.

Older reporters who feels secure in their careers aren't as determined as younger reporters, who know they have to claw their way to the top. The promise of success and promotion keeps Woodward and Bernstein going.

The doors slamming is a similar alternative to "no comment." Why even waste two words on the reporters when none will do just fine? No one likes to feel like a door-to-door salesman being rejected, so this is extra humiliating.