"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."

"Television was supposed to be a national park. (Instead) it has become a money machine... It’s a commodity now, just …"

"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."

"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 …"