Everybody who talks to a newspaper has a motive. That's just a given. And good reporters always, repeat always, probe to find out what that motive is.

Nothing's riding on this, except the First Amendment to the Constitution, freedom of the press and maybe the future of the country. Not that any of that matters, but if you guys f-k up again, I'm gonna get mad.

I think he had a strange, passionate devotion to the truth and a horror at what he saw going on.

You never monkey with the truth.

Maybe some of today's papers have too many 'feel-good' features, but there is a lot of good news out there.

As long as a journalist tells the truth, in conscience and fairness, it is not his job to worry about consequences. The truth is never as dangerous as a lie in the long run. I truly believe the truth sets men free.

There will always be leaks; in Washington, everywhere.