The politician in my country seeks votes, affection and respect, in that order...With few notable exceptions, they are simply men who want to be loved.

Speaking of Sir Winston Churchill: He mobilized the English language and sent it into battle.

Fame is morally neutral.

We cannot make good news out of bad practice.

It has always seemed to me the real art in this business is not so much moving information or guidance or policy five or 10,000 miles. That is an electronic problem. The real art is to move it the last three feet in face to face conversation.

To be persuasive we must be believable; to be believable we must be credible; credible we must be truthful.

I am frightened by the imbalance, the constant striving to reach the largest possible audience for everything; by the absence of a sustained study of the state of the nation.