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.

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

Sometimes I am convinced there is nothing wrong with this country that couldn't be cured by the magical implantation of ethical standards on us all - leaders and followers. Until that becomes doable, the Center for Public Integrity is just about the best thing we have going for us.

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

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

The first rough draft of history.