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1917–2001 United States

Katharine Meyer Graham (June 16, 1917 – July 17, 2001) was an American publisher. She led her family's newspaper, The Washington Post, for more than two decades, overseeing its most famous period, the Watergate coverage that eventually led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon.

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Bromidic though it may sound, some questions don't have answers, which is a terribly difficult lesson to learn.

We live in a dirty and dangerous world. There are some things the general public does not need to know, and shouldn't. I believe democracy flourishes when the government can take legitimate steps to keep its secrets and when the press can decide whether to print what it knows.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Katharine Graham (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.