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

Democracies succeed or fail based on their journalism.

Most people don't realize that two-thirds of the federal budget is Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and the Pentagon. The U.S. government is an insurance company with an Army.

No one ever wanted to hire me. Ever. I've never been recruited anywhere. I have beat my head against every wall, at every place that I worked.

The American people can always be trusted with the information.

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.

If you're first, no one will ever remember. If you're wrong, no one will ever forget.