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

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.

All I can hope to teach my son is to tell the truth and fear no man.

We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it.

It is well to remember that freedom through the press is the thing that comes first. Most of us probably feel we couldn't be free without newspapers, and that is the real reason we want the newspapers to be free.

Everyone is a prisoner of his own experiences. No one can eliminate prejudices - just recognize them.

We have currently a built-in allergy to unpleasant or disturbing information. Our mass media reflect this. But unless we get up off our fat surpluses and recognize that television in the main is being used to distract, delude, amuse, and insulate us, then television and those who finance it, those who look at it, and those who work at it, may see a totally different picture too late.