The only thing that counts is the right to know, to speak, to think - that, and the sanctity of the courts. Otherwise it's not America.

To be credible we must be truthful.

I am entirely persuaded that the American public is more reasonable, restrained and more mature than most of our industry's program planners believe.

Language is one of the greatest gifts man has devised for himself. It ranks, alongside the discovery of fire and the wheel, as a major influence in making modern man what he is today.

The politician is trained in the art of inexactitude. His words tend to be blunt or rounded, because if they have a cutting edge they may later return to wound him.

When the politicians complain that TV turns the proceedings into a circus, it should be made clear that the circus was already there, and that TV has merely demonstrated that not all the performers are well trained.

The obscure we always see sooner or later; the obvious always seems to take a little longer.