The old wanderlust had gotten into his blood, the joy of the unbound life, the joy of seeking, of hoping without limit.

I don't know whether anyone will care to examine my heart, but if they do, they will find two words there- 'social justice.' For that is what I have believed in and fought for.

Wall Street had been doing business with pieces of paper; and now someone asked for a dollar, and it was discovered that the dollar had been mislaid.

I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach.

It is foolish to be convinced without evidence, but it is equally foolish to refuse to be convinced by real evidence.

Pessimism is mental disease. It means illness in the person who voices it, and in the society which produces that person.

We define journalism in America as the business and practice of presenting the news of the day in the interest of economic privilege.