We in the press have a special role since there is no other institution in our society that can hold the President accountable. I do believe that our democracy can endure and prevail only if the American people are informed.

I had a lot of fun bantering back and forth with Kennedy. But for ease and comfort, it would be Gerald Ford. He was a down-home type. I came from the Midwest and he came from the Midwest. He was nonaggressive and kindly.

I'm a liberal, I was born a liberal, I'll be one 'til I die, what else should a reporter be when you see so much and when we have such great privilege and access to the truth?

Get the hell out of Palestine.

The White House used to belong to the American people. At least that's what I learned from history books and from covering every president starting with John F. Kennedy.

All presidents rail against the press. It goes with the turf.

We've got to break through the wall of secrecy. It's America's fate.