Journalism is the protection between people and any sort of totalitarian rule. That's why my hero, admittedly a flawed one, is a journalist.

Evil is a matter of choice. Those people who have been victimized and refuse to imitate their oppressors are in my mind the greatest heroes we have.

It isn’t much use writing slogans on a wall if you plan to total the building.

I don't understand people whose gratification is a BMW. You don't know what joy is until you see a kid who was tortured get adopted by a family.

Stealing to eat ain’t criminal—stealing to be rich is.

No politician is threatened by the child protective constituency, because it does not exist.

Journalism is what maintains democracy. It's the force for progressive social change.