Justice was born outside the home and a long way from it; and it has never been adopted there

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

If that is what makes us liberals, so be it, just as long as in reporting the news we adhere to the first ideals of good journalism - that news reports must be fair, accurate and unbiased.

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

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

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

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

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

Our job is only to hold up the mirror - to tell and show the public what has happened.

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

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

What was it about us, as humans, that drove us to make apologies for beautiful things?

When you look at yourself from a universal standpoint, something inside always reminds or informs you that there are bigger and better things to worry about.

The theater is necessary. Dance is necessary. Song is necessary. The arts are necessary- they are a necessary part of our lives

I am standing on the threshold of another trembling world. May God have mercy on my soul.

I got a lot happening, a whole lot, and it's not always easy being me.

If you've lived through it, you already know there are no words that will ever come close to describing it, and if you didn't - you will never understand.

The God of this world is riches, pleasure and pride.

A writer can have only one language, if language is going to mean anything to him.

Oh eyes, no eyes, but fountains fraught with tears; Oh life, no life, but lively form of death; Oh world, no world, but mass of public wrongs.

To sell is above all to master the art and science of listening.