Democracies succeed or fail based on their journalism. America is strong because its journalism is strong. That is how democracies work. They're only as good as the quality of the information that the public possesses and that is where we come in.

Democracies succeed or fail based on their journalism.

There is no democracy without journalism.

In a world where everyone is a publisher, no one is an editor and that is the danger that we face today.

I'm always trying to get those interviews that are impossible to get, because they are the ones that are most interesting to the audience.

You have to take risks on policy. You can't be a politician, wringing your hands, worried about what the public opinion polls are saying or worried about the negative attacks. If you believe in something, go fight for it.

Science doesn't care, by and large, what the answers are. It's only interested in getting the right answer. And journalism should be very much that way.