The essential discovery of maturity has little if anything to do with information about the names, the locations, and the sequence of facts; it is the acquiring of a different sense of life, a different kind of intuition about the nature of things.

We are concerned in public affairs, but immersed in our private ones.

Industry is a better horse to ride than genius.

Great men, even during their lifetime, are usually known to the public only through a fictitious personality.

Men can know more than their ancestors did if they start with a knowledge of what their ancestors had already learned....That is why a society can be progressive only if it conserves its traditions.

Without criticism and reliable and intelligent reporting, the government cannot govern.

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.