A mistake is simply another way of doing things

In Washington, the public and the private intertwine in such a way that they can't be easily separated. This is the city where the personal and the political are most closely linked.

We live in a dirty and dangerous world. There are some things the general public does not need to know, and shouldn't. I believe democracy flourishes when the government can take legitimate steps to keep its secrets and when the press can decide whether to print what it knows.

If we had failed to pursue the facts as far as they led, we would have denied the public any knowledge of an unprecedented scheme of political surveillance and sabotage.

The longer I live, the more I observe that carrying around anger is the most debilitating to the person who bears it.

Some questions don't have answers, which is a terribly difficult lesson to learn.

News is what someone wants suppressed. Everything else is advertising.