Politicians tend to live "in character" and many a public figure has come to imitate the journalism that describes him.

Without some form of censorship, propaganda in the strict sense of the word is impossible. In order to conduct propaganda there must be some barrier between the public and the event.

The effort to calculate exactly what the voters want at each particular moment leaves out of account the fact that when they are troubled the thing the voters most want is to be told what to want.

I demand from you in the name of your principles the rights which I shall deny to you later in the name of my principles.

A really good diplomat does not go in for victories, even when he wins them.

There can be no higher law in journalism than to tell the truth and to shame the devil.

Football strategy does not originate in a scrimmage: it is useless to expect solutions in a political campaign.