The ethic of the journalist is to recognize one's prejudices, biases, and avoid getting them into print.

It is not the reporter's job to be a patriot or to presume to determine where patriotism lies. His job is to relate the facts.

There is no such thing as a little freedom. Either you are all free, or you are not free.

Success is more permanent when you achieve it without destroying your principles.

America's health care system is neither healthy, caring, nor a system.

In seeking truth you have to get both sides of a story.

We are on the precipice of being so ignorant that our democracy is threatened.

We are not educated well enough to perform the necessary act of intelligently selecting our leaders.

Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy, it is democracy.

The profession of journalism ought to be about telling people what they need to know - not what they want to know.

People who understand music hear sounds that no one else makes when Frank Sinatra sings.

Television... is not a substitute for print.

When you're bringing in a fairly unknown candidate challenging a sitting president, the population needs a lot more information than reduced coverage provides.

This opens the door on another chapter of history.

The perils of duck hunting are great- especially for the duck.

The invasion of Iraq was illegal from the start.

Putting it as strongly as I can, the failure to give free airtime for our political campaigns endangers our democracy.

The battle for the airwaves cannot be limited to only those who have the bank accounts to pay for the battle and win it.

If you're happy on your own you are going to be okay.