Journalist quotes

The true republic: men, their rights and nothing more; women, their rights and nothing less.

A dying man needs to die, as a sleepy man needs to sleep, and there comes a time when it is wrong, as well as useless, to resist.

America's corporate and political elites now form a regime of their own and they're privatizing democracy. All the benefits - the tax cuts, policies and rewards flow in one direction: up.

Chicago will give you a chance. The sporting spirit is the spirit of Chicago.

Going to trial with a lawyer who considers your whole life-style a Crime in Progress is not a happy prospect.

A liberal is a conservative who has been arrested.

My therapist told me the way to achieve true inner peace is to finish what I start. So far today, I have finished 2 bags of M and M's and a chocolate cake. I feel better already.

My last trip was to the States, and on the way back I sat in the cockpit for take-off and landing. In a funny way, I think aircrew know that I've travelled a lot and therefore feel we are fellow professionals to some degree-which is nice, very complimentary.

For when the One Great Scorer comes To write against your name, He marks - not that you won or lost - But how you played the game.

Stalin's henchman Molotov, 96, died old and in bed, a privilege he helped to deny to millions.