Where all men think alike, no one thinks very much

Where all think alike, no one thinks very much

Successful politicians are insecure and intimidated men. They advance politically only as they placate, appease, bribe, seduce, bamboozle or otherwise manage to manipulate the demanding and threatening elements in their constituencies.

Men who are "orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives

Men are mortal, but ideas are immortal

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

There can be no higher law in journalism than to tell the truth and to shame the devil - remain detached from the great

Ideals are an imaginative understanding of that which is desirable in that which is possible

Certainly he is not of the generation that regards honesty as the best policy. However, he does regard it as a policy

A man has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so