“When the politicians complain that TV turns the proceedings into a circus, it should be made clear that the circus was already there, and that TV has merely demonstrated that not all the performers are well trained.”

“The newest computer can merely compound, at speed, the oldest problem in the relations between human beings, and in the end the communicator will be confronted with the old problem, of what to say and how to say it.”

“A satellite has no conscience.”

“A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices.”

“We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it.”

“No one can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.”

“Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn't mean you are wiser than when it reached only to the end of the bar.”