All the President's Men (1976)

Paul Lambert: National Editor

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• National Editor : Let me tell you what happened today. I was having lunch at the Sans Souci and this White House guy, a good one, a pro, came up and asked, "What is this Watergate compulsion with you guys?"

  Harry Rosenfeld : Complusion? I think it's a story. This is not a compulsion.

  National Editor : I said, "Well, we think its important." And he said, "If it's God damn so important, who in the hell are Woodward and Bernstein?"

• National Editor : Ben, it's a dangerous story for this paper. What if your boys get it wrong?

  Ben Bradlee : Then it's our asses.

• National Editor : I just need you to witness something for me.

  [Journalist picks up the extension and remains silent]