It's perfectly within [Martin Peretz] rights [to fire a journalist]. It's a private - you know, th - it's not censorship. The First Amendment doesn't come into play because it's a private magazine.

Malcolm X made it very clear that if somebody goes after you - whether it's cops or not - you have to defend yourself. But he was not an advocate for violence the way the Black Panthers were.

[John] McCarthy's regime was ended by Senators who realized that he had gone too far. What we have now may be more insidious.

I am against anybody who uses violence to make their points.

You have an electorate [in America] that wants to see people who are not tough on crime.

As usual, the people who are poorest - the blacks, Hispanics and disabled people - are going to suffer more than anyone else under the [Barack] Obama administration.

The person who has the strong ownership of free speech is the one who owns the press.