Yours in Truth Quotes

“It wasn’t in me to preach. I can say somebody’s a horse’s ass, but I can’t tell people what to do.”
― Jeff Himmelman, Yours in Truth: A Personal Portrait of Ben Bradlee, Legendary Editor of The Washington Post

“He was determined to make the paper into what it could be: A great paper. Exciting. You had to read it. It was just, impact. He wanted impact. You ought to have impact, goddamnit. Instead of this namby-pamby stuff. And impact isn't cheap. It ought to have power, authority, and be well written; it ought to say something, and tell you about something you wanted to know; and it ought to be displayed so you don't miss it. That's what it's all about. —Haynes Johnson”
― Jeff Himmelman, Yours in Truth: A Personal Portrait of Ben Bradlee, Legendary Editor of The Washington Post

“Newspapers, if they were going to do something genuine and interesting, had to tell you something you couldn’t get anywhere else.”
― Jeff Himmelman, Yours in Truth: A Personal Portrait of Ben Bradlee, Legendary Editor of The Washington Post

“If you know it and you can prove it, you can use it before somebody else does.”
― Jeff Himmelman, Yours in Truth: A Personal Portrait of Ben Bradlee, Legendary Editor of The Washington Post

“As they were wrapping up, he turned to Bob and said, Now what have you guys got for tomorrow?”
― Jeff Himmelman, Yours in Truth: A Personal Portrait of Ben Bradlee, Legendary Editor of The Washington Post

“Hunker down, Ben says. Hunker down and go about our business, which is not to be loved but to go after the truth.”
― Jeff Himmelman, Yours in Truth: A Personal Portrait of Ben Bradlee, Legendary Editor of The Washington Post