“If you don't hit a newspaper reader between the eyes with your first sentence, there is no need of writing a second one. ”

“A good friend can tell you what is the matter with you in a minute. He may not seem such a good friend after telling.”

“Writing good editorials is chiefly telling the people what they think not what you think.”

“Regret for time wasted can become a power for good in the time that remains if we will only stop the waste and the idle useless regretting.”

“Regret for time wasted can become a power for good in the time that remains if we will only stop the waste and the idle useless regretting.”

“In politics, the pen is at its heaviest because it is weighed down by the collective responsibility it holds towards its people and their future in the eyes of the world.”

“Pender laughed. "Verify? In this day and age? Who cares about verifying anything? It's all about the speed. Who gets there first defines the truth. You know that as well as any man living.”

“It is the same in all wars; the soldiers do the fighting, the journalists do the shouting, and no true patriot ever gets near a front-line trench, except on the briefest of propaganda-tours.”