We cannot defer this responsibility to posterity. Time will not wait.

The battle for the airwaves cannot be limited to only those who have the bank accounts to pay for the battle and win it.

I have never pretended to be a great writer. I am totally immodest about being a great reporter and a good news writer. I write fast and I write accurately, nearly as accurately as anybody can be, and that's my skill.

Would it be better to have a president who cries easily? Well, that depends on what he cried about. I would not like the thought of a president who could not cry. That would be worse than one who cried over the right things. Which, in this case, would be the things I would cry over.

The daily coverage of the Vietnamese battlefield helped convince the American public that the carnage was not worth the candle.

Not only do we have a right to know, we have a duty to know what our Government is doing in our name.

For many years, I did my best to report on the issues of the day in as objective a manner as possible. When I had my own strong opinions, as I often did, I tried not to communicate them to my audience. Now, however, my circumstances are different. I am in a position to speak my mind. And that is what I propose to do.