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.

The ethic of the journalist is to recognize one's prejudices, biases, and avoid getting them into print.

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

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.

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

I'm very proud of what Harry Truman turned out to be in office and the record he made. Certainly I think he'll go down in history as one of the greats, because of his conscience, his determination to stick with what he knew was right.

I was lucky enough to have one of the first high school classes in the country.