Journalist Quotes

I am an atheist, and if an atheist and a pope think the same things, there must be something true. There must be some human truth that is beyond religion.

I am a danger to myself if I get angry.

How do you dare to ask me for a solution? It's like asking Seneca for a solution. You remember what he did? He committed suicide!

Have you ever thought that war is a madhouse and that everyone in the war is a patient?

Arafat contradicts himself every five minutes. He always plays the double-cross, lies even if you ask him what time it is.

You cannot survive if you do not know the past.

The moment you give up your principles, and your values, you are dead, your culture is dead, your civilization is dead. Period.

I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.

I cry, sometimes, because I'm not 20 years younger, and I'm not healthy. But if I were, I would even sacrifice my writing to enter politics.

I am disgusted by the anti-Semitism of many Italians, of many Europeans.

The Muslims refuse our culture and try to impose their culture on us. I reject them, and this is not only my duty toward my culture-it is toward my values, my principles, my civilization.

I have always looked on disobedience toward the oppressive as the only way to use the miracle of having been born.

Without Khomeini, we would not be where we are. What a pity that, when pregnant with him, his mother did not choose to have an abortion.

Why do the people humiliate themselves by voting? I didn't vote because I have dignity. If I had closed my nose and voted for one of them, I would spit on my own face.

Whether it comes from a despotic sovereign or an elected president, from a murderous general or a beloved leader, I see power as an inhuman and hateful phenomenon.

Europe is no longer Europe, it is Eurabia, a colony of Islam, where the Islamic invasion does not proceed only in a physical sense, but also in a mental and cultural sense.

Is it right to shoot the poor prostitute or a woman who is unfaithful to her husband, or a man who loves another man?

When I first came to the United States in 1956 I fell in love with things - mainly the vitality and the freedoms.

Throughout America's young history there has been a necessary tension between the individual and the group.

The camera cannot lie, but it can be an accessory to untruth.

In journalism it is simpler to sound off than it is to find out. It is more elegant to pontificate than it is to sweat.

I think America has a brilliant future.

For 50 years my father worked for the railroad.

Actions are always more complex and nuanced than they seem. We have to be willing to wrestle with paradox in pursuing understanding.

Attempting to get at truth means rejecting stereotypes and cliches.

Women are not required in general to be named in rape cases because of the stigmas that go with being a rape complainant, and frankly, special burdens that rape complainants often face.

When you're standing in front of an audience like this that is so enthusiastic and so much behind you, it is very hard to give a bad speech. Even a bad speech sounds good in a convention hall like this.

This isn't really a convention, This is really an infomercial. And every night we'll have a different infomercial and people view it with a certain level of cynicism.

The Olympics are coming... and it's a big problem in American politics, because the problem with holding the Olympics this fall is that we're all going to be focused on the Olympics, and it makes that window of opportunity for Gore to win the election that much smaller.

The Democratic chairman doesn't need to be a household name. Most people didn't know who Ron Brown was when he was chairman of the Democratic Party, but he put the party in a position where Bill Clinton could come in and he had a solid base to run from.