The substance of faith is a hope in the unseen.

I absolutely reject that idea that the press is liberal and what it does is liberal. In my view, it's like accusing a doctor of malpractice or a lawyer of malfeasance.

Younger colleagues tended to draw untested self-confidence from their bonuses and prestigious degrees.

Every person has their pantheon - the Bible, Hollywood, Shakespeare - their way of understanding the world.

If you write something that gets a bad response, or someone commits candor or is off message, there are often consequences almost immediately when it appears in the paper or a magazine, that somebody gets called into the boss's office. And sometimes it can result in a loss of access for the reporter.

When you get people standing up saying, 'I'm going to just tell the truth; what do we have to fear?,' it encourages others, and it creates a counterresponse.

Confidence is the immaterial residue of material actions. Confidence is the public face of competence.