My genius is not so frail a thing that it cowers from the dirty fingers of newspapernen.

The obvious types of American fascists are dealt with on the air and in the press. These demagogues and stooges are fronts for others. Dangerous as these people may be, they are not so significant as thousands of other people who have never been mentioned.The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of public information.With a fascist the problem is never how best to present the truth to the public but how best to use the news to deceive the public into giving the fascist and his group more money or more power.

And so it is to the printing press--to the recorder of man's deeds, the keeper of his conscience, the courier of his news--that we look for strength and assistance, confident that with your help man will be what he was born to be: free and independent.

Never argue with people who buy ink by the gallon.

Rules for a White House Spokesman: No. 1 is always tell the truth. I've got only one currency, that's the truth. There are 10,000 ways to say no comment, and I've used 9,999 of them. The second rule is don't be afraid to say, I don't know. You may look dumb, but if you don't know you can't give them hot air because it always shows on your face.

Get it first, but first get it right.

You can write a column about one thing, or you can write a column about three things, and tie them up with an over-arching theme. But a two-thing column will never hang together.

When you're talking to the media, be a well, not a fountain.

If you've got some news that you don't want to get noticed, put it out Friday afternoon 4:00 pm.

In dealing with the press, do yourself a favor, stick with one of three responses: (a) I know and I can tell you; (b) I know and I can't tell you; (c) I don't know.

There is nothing personal about a personal ad.

Real news is bad news.

Taking pleasure in the dark side may be some sort of occupational hazard for reporters.

A free press stands as one of the great interpreters between the government and the people. To allow it to be fettered is to be fettered ourselves.

The freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic government.

The press exerts the pressure of dissent on officials otherwise inclined to rest content with the congratulations of their retainers.

The liberty of the press is most generally approved when it takes liberties with the other fellow, and leaves us alone.

Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of a free society

In America, the majority raises formidable barriers around the liberty of opinion: within these barriers, an author may write what he pleases; but woe to him if he goes beyond them.

The medium is the message.