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"No matter what name we give it or how we judge it, a candidate's character is central to political reporting because it is central to a citizen's decision in voting."
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"The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to see things again in their larger, quieter masses, and to believe that we too can be seen and judged in the wholeness of our character."
"Failures make character, not success."
"When a foundation is built following sound structural principles, with solid, high-quality materials, anything that is layered on top is more secure, durable, and resilient. Your integrity works the same way."
"Fruits of the spirit in the man attract others to him."
"Instead of trying to be taller than others, stronger than others, more superior to others, try to be gentler than others, more compassionate than others, fairer than others!"
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"The relationship between press and politician - protected by the Constitution and designed to be happily adversarial - becomes sour, raw and confrontational."
"Journalists, who are skeptical to begin with, simply do not like to be lied to or made fools of."
"The ethics of editorial judgement, however, began to go though a sea change during the late 1970s and '80s when the Carter and Reagan Administrations de-regulated the television industry."
"As electronic journalism came to be evaluated for its cost effectiveness, the network world began breaking up."
"And what it depends on, of course, is whether the story itself is worth the ethical compromise it requires and whether the competition is onto the story."
"For decades, the journalistic norm had been that the private lives of public officials remained private unless that life impinged on public performance."
"Most journalists now believe that a person's privacy zone gets smaller and smaller as the person becomes more and more powerful."
"Given what the media have put the country through this past decade, it must come as a surprise to most Americans that the press has a code of ethics."
"The written tone and the spoken tone change and the reporters' disbelief in the veracity of the government spreads to the readers and the viewers."
"In exchange for power, influence, command and a place in history, a president gives up the bulk of his privacy."
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