"No mighty king, no ambitious emperor, no pope, or prophet ever dreamt of such an awesome pulpit, so potent a magic wand."

"Television makes so much at its worst that it can't afford to do its best."

"A composite is a euphemism for a lie. It's disorderly. It's dishonest and it's not journalism."

"I have a motto: My job is not to make up anybody's mind but to make the agony of decision making so intense that you …"

"What we don't know as a nation and as a citizen can kill us."

"You gotta be willing to be lucky."

"For him delicious flavors dwell In books as in old Muscatel."

"And in the evening, everywhere Along the roadside, up and down, I see the golden torches flare Like lighted street-la…"

"Song like a rose should be; Each rhyme a petal sweet; For fragrance, melody, That when her lips repeat The words, her…"

"The Corn Belt is a gift of the gods—the rain god, the sun god, the ice god and the gods of geology. In the middle of …"