The media has the power to create an entrenched perception of reality that's incorrect.

I found that whenever I encountered a situation, rather than just reacting to it, it was tremendously useful to think carefully about how I should react to it and other situations like it. Besides providing me with more thoughtful responses in each of these cases, approaching things this way provided me and others with guidance on how to deal with similar situations when they came up in the future.

I think the media argues all the time with itself.

I think the basic problem is that everybody thinks they know what the truth is, and sometimes they're even distorting the truth to make their arguments.

Principles are what allow you to live a life consistent with those values. Principles connect your values to your actions.

There is nothing to fear from truth....Being truthful is essential to being an independent thinker and obtaining greater understanding of what is right.

We wouldn't be successful if we didn't have independent thinkers who can argue and then resolve their arguments.