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.

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.

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.

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

There is a special place in hell for women who don't help other w

The moment we understand life, we will begin to live.

Uncertainty is one of government recipes.

One is nearer God's heart in a garden Than anywhere else on earth.

Why do some bald guys grow ponytails? It it the same reason people too old to run always wear track shoes and sweat pants?

He had no strength for any other war than his own solitary struggle to keep alive.

Book Everything is Flammable is an odd format though, not quite a diary and not quite a memoir. I was working on it as it was happening. This was gratifying to me.

I think I'm a real good person off the field. I've got good character traits, I go to Church often, and I do community service. I think I'm a really good role model.

Without Spam, we wouldn't have been able to feed our army.

Nobody wants to buy sour milk.