What's right and good doesn't come naturally. You have to stand up and fight for it - as if the cause depends on you, because it does.

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Television can stir emotions, but it doesn't invite reflection as much as the printed page.

Television can stir emotions, but it doesn't invite reflection as much as the printed page.

When I learn something new - and it happens every day - I feel a...

When I learn something new - and it happens every day - I feel a...

War, except in self-defense, is a failure of moral imagination.

War, except in self-defense, is a failure of moral imagination.

For the first time in our history, ideology and theology hold a monopoly of power...

For the first time in our history, ideology and theology hold a monopoly of power...

Democracy may not prove in the long run to be as efficient as other forms...

Democracy may not prove in the long run to be as efficient as other forms...

Ideas are great arrows, but there has to be a bow. And politics is the...

Ideas are great arrows, but there has to be a bow. And politics is the...

America's corporate and political elites now form a regime of their own and they're privatizing...

America's corporate and political elites now form a regime of their own and they're privatizing...

I hear an almost inaudible but pervasive discontent with the price we pay for our...

I hear an almost inaudible but pervasive discontent with the price we pay for our...

Creativity is piercing the mundane to find the marvelous.

Creativity is piercing the mundane to find the marvelous.

The printed page conveys information and commitment, and requires active involvement. Television conveys emotion and...

The printed page conveys information and commitment, and requires active involvement. Television conveys emotion and...

We see more and more of our Presidents and know less and less about what...

We see more and more of our Presidents and know less and less about what...

Democracy belongs to those who exercise it.

Democracy belongs to those who exercise it.

This is the first time in my 32 years in public broadcasting that PBS has...

This is the first time in my 32 years in public broadcasting that PBS has...

Ideas are great arrows, but there has to be a bow. And politics is the...

Ideas are great arrows, but there has to be a bow. And politics is the...

I work for him despite his faults and he lets me work for him despite...

I work for him despite his faults and he lets me work for him despite...

As a student I learned from wonderful teachers and ever since then I've thought everyone...

As a student I learned from wonderful teachers and ever since then I've thought everyone...

Secrecy is the freedom tyrants dream of.

Secrecy is the freedom tyrants dream of.

I own and operate a ferocious ego.

I own and operate a ferocious ego.

Our very lives depend on the ethics of strangers, and most of us are always...

Our very lives depend on the ethics of strangers, and most of us are always...

There are honest journalists like there are honest politicians - they stay bought.

There are honest journalists like there are honest politicians - they stay bought.