We are not educated well enough to perform the necessary act of intelligently selecting our leaders.

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.

Television... is not a substitute for print.

Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that of an ignorant nation.

It seems to me that instead of cutting taxes, we ought to be increasing the taxes to pay off the deficit, rather than let that thing build up to the point where our grandchildren's grandchildren are going to be paying for our period of time and our years at the helm.

Probably the most important single element that I found in my own marriage was a sense of humor. My wife had a delicious sense of humor, and I think I have an adequate one.

I think he [composer Joe Raposo] was the first man who kissed me on the cheek.