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"I think that one of the most fundamental responsibilities is to give testimony in a court of law, to give it honestly and willingly."
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"When the New York Times scratches its head, get ready for total baldness as you tear out your hair."
"Pro-government press is not a press it is just a lie-generating ugly machine; it is a guard dog, guarding only the official thieves, not the public!"
"Sensationalism dies quickly, fear is long-lived."
"If you interviewed 1,000 politicians and asked about whether the media's too soft or too hard, about 999 would say too hard."
"Madison Avenue is a very powerful aggression against private consciousness. A demand that you yield your private consciousness to public manipulation."
"The minute viewers callin or write about your looks, they were not listening to what you were saying."
"This is the truth about mainstream media and advertising: People wouldn't have to pay to show you such messages if they were right."
"If you're nice, decent, attractive, get good grades and are talented, no one wants to read about that...They want to read what's out-of-the-ordinary, the scandalous, the shocking and the tragic. They want a story; they want to be captivated and what's typical does not give them that...unless, of course, that person ends up a victim, commits a crime or loses their minds via a love affair."
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"I have tried to talk about the issues in this campaign... and this has sometimes been a lonely road, because I never meet anybody coming the other way."
"That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in another."
"We can chart our future clearly and wisely only when we know the path which has led to the present."
"If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them."
"The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal that you can gather votes like box tops is, I think, the ultimate indignity to the democratic process."
"The hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning."
"The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. So we must never neglect any work of peace within our reach, however small."
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