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

Objective journalism and an opinion column are about as similar as the Bible and Playboy magazine.

We know that no one should tell a woman she has to bear an unwanted child. We know that religious beliefs cannot define patriotism.

I'm a romanticist in many ways. I never get behind the wheel of my boat and dropping the anchor without saying to myself, secretly giving my orders to the crew "All right, lift the anchor, we're on our way to South Hampton. We're gonna beat them there with this load of tea!"

We're an ignorant nation right now. We're not really capable, I do not think, the majority of our people, of making the decisions that have to be made at election time and particularly in the selection of their legislatures and their Congress and the presidency, of course. I don't think we're bright enough to do the job that would preserve our democracy, our republic. I think we're in serious danger.

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

There is no such thing as a little freedom. Either you are all free, or you are not free.