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

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

The speed of communications is wondrous to behold. It is also true that speed can multiply the distribution of information that we know to be untrue.

A satellite has no conscience.

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

I have said, and I believe, that potentially we have in this country a free enterprise system of radio and television which is superior to any other. But to achieve its promise, it must be both free and enterprising. There is no suggestion here that networks or individual stations should operate as philanthropies. But I can find nothing in the Bill of Rights or in the Communications Act which says that they must increase their net profits each year, lest the Republic collapse.

We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always that accusation is not proof and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law. We will not walk in fear, one of another.