There will always be leaks; in Washington, everywhere.

It changes your life, the pursuit of truth.

The first rough draft of history.

As a child, one looks for compliments. As an adult, one looks for evidence of effectiveness.

There is nothing like daily journalism! Best damn job in the world!

The history of American politics is littered with bodies of people who took so pure a position that they had no clout at all.

It is my experience that most claims of national security are part of a campaign to avoid telling the truth.

The biggest difference between Kennedy and Nixon, as far as the press is concerned, is simply this: Jack Kennedy really liked newspaper people and he really enjoyed sparring with journalists.

Sure, some journalists use anonymous sources just because they’re lazy, and I think editors ought to insist on more precise identification even if they remain anonymous.

You never monkey with the truth.

Hire people smarter than you are and encourage them to bloom.

I know i am touching the living body of Christ in the broken bodies of the hungry and the suffering.

Dancing every night is great sport.

One must be poor to know the luxury of giving.

I have always considered Christianity as the strong ground of republicanism.

Do you wish the world were happy? Then remember day by day, just to scatter seeds of kindness as you pass along the way. . . .

Jealousy is indeed a poor medium to secure love, but it is a secure medium to destroy one

Fighting injustice keeps you young.

I only work with actors who take full responsibility for their characters.

I've never been in a place where winning has hurt the ability to do anything.

The only thing that kept me out of college was high school.