Eric Sevareid

With breathtaking rapidity we are destroying all that was lovely to look at and turning America into a prison house of the spirit. The affluent society with relentless single minded energy is turning our cities most of suburbia and most of our roadways into the most affluent slum on earth.

Better to trust the man who is frequently in error than the one who is never in doubt.

The bigger the information media, the less courage and freedom they follow. Bigness means weakness.

I'm sort of a pessimist about tomorrow and an optimist about the day after tomorrow.

I have never quite grasped the worry about the power of the press. After all, it speaks with a thousand voices, in constant dissonance.

Consultant: any ordinary guy more than fifty miles from home.

Next to power without honor, the most dangerous thing in the world is power without humor.

Next to power without honor the most dangerous thing in the world is power without humor.

The chief cause of problems is solutions.

Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that were here for something else besides ourselves.

People, if given the choice between anarchy and dictatorship, will always choose dictatorship because anarchy is the worst dictatorship of all.

The difference between the men and the boys in politics is, and always has been, that the boys want to be something, while the men want to do something.

Dealing with network executives is like being nibbled to death by ducks.

Brotherhood is not so wild a dream as those who profit by postponing it pretend.

The most distinguished hallmark of the American society is and always has been change.

Men want power in order to do something. Boys want power in order to be something.

Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we're here for something else besides ourselves.