The news and the truth are not the same thing.

A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.

It is impossible to abolish either with a law or an axe the desires of men.

In really hard times the rules of the game are altered. The inchoate mass begins to stir. It becomes potent, and when it strikes, it strikes with incredible emphasis. Those are the rare occasions when a national will emerges from the scattered, specialized, or indifferent blocs of voters who ordinarily elect the politicians. Those are for good or evil the great occasions in a nation's history.

Many a time I have wanted to stop talking and find out what I really believed.

Culture is the name for what people are interested in, their thoughts, their models, the books they read and the speeches they hear, their table-talk, gossip, controversies, historical sense and scientific training, the values they appreciate, the quality of life they admire. All communities have a culture. It is the climate of their civilization.

Popular government has not yet been proved to guarantee, always and everywhere, good government.