If we had failed to pursue the facts as far as they led, we would have denied the public any knowledge of an unprecedented scheme of political surveillance and sabotage.
Source: On Watergate coverage, Washington Post, 3 Mar 1973.
-- Katharine Graham, (Jun 16 1917-2001), US newspaper executive; She is owner and publisher of The Washington Post and Newsweek, and one of the most influential women in the U.S.