Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.

A satellite has no conscience.

Most truths are so naked that people feel sorry for them and cover them up, at least a little bit.

Anyone who isn't confused really doesn't understand the situation.

No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.

We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it.

We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven into an age of unreason if we dig deep into our history and remember we are not descended from fearful men.

The speed of communications is wondrous to behold. It is also true that speed can multiply the distribution of information that we know to be untrue.

We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.

To the last, I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee.

The newest computer can merely compound, at speed, the oldest problem in the relations between human beings, and in the end the communicator will be confronted with the old problem, of what to say and how to say it.