The power of the press in America is a primordial one. It sets the agenda of public discussion; and this sweeping political power is unrestrained by any law. It deter- mines what people will talk and think about-an authority that in other nations is reserved for tyrants, priests, parties and mandarins.

You can't get unless you give. And you have to give without wanting to get.

Generally students are the best vehicles for passing on ideas, for their thoughts are plastic and can be molded and they can adjust the ideas of old men to the shape of reality as they find it in villages and hills of China or in ghettos and suburbs of America.

America is a nation created by all the hopeful wanderers of Europe, not out of geography and genetics, but out of purpose.

Closeness to power heightens the dignity of all men.

With electricity we were wired into a new world, for electricity brought the radio, a "crystal set" and with enough ingenuity, one could tickle the crystal with a cat's whisker and pick up anything.

There are two kinds of editors, those who correct your copy and those who say it's wonderful.