The Nixon administration really put a lot of pressure on CBS not to run the second broadcast.

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.

A lot of young girls think that the opposite of fake is rudeness. And just as ugly as fake is, so is saying whatever is on your mind because it's the truth.

Ignorance is the mother of fear.

The conventional notions of art have changed, and a lot of things done today are considered works of art that would have been rejected in the past.

Rage was sometimes a useful ally in the heat of a fight, but it was a trickster. It made everything seem possible.

I am basically a complainer and all the grounds for complaint have been swept out from under me.

Learn the lessons of history. Don't let how you feel about your tenure at your organization drive you to make poor investment decisions that could potentially derail a successful retirement.

We are going to find, I think, several different kinds of Crohn's disease.

Oh, be my friend, and teach me to be thine!

People are fundamentally good. But conditions deteriorate them.

People, photographers, people in the press can sometimes be inappropriate.