“Power in America today is control of the means of communication.”

“Quality in a classical Greek sense is how to live with grace and intelligence, with bravery and mercy.”

“I happen to think that American politics is one of the noblest arts of mankind and I cannot do anything else but write about it.”

“If you make a living, if you earn your own money, you're free - however free one can be on this planet.”

“There is no excitement anywhere in the world short of war to match the excitement of the American presidential campaign.”

“Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.”

“Politics determines who has the power, not who has the truth.”

“Immer wieder behauptete Unwahrheiten werden nicht zu Wahrheiten, sondern, was schlimmer ist, zu Gewohnheiten.”