Journalism's ultimate purpose is to inform the reader, to bring him each day a letter from home and never to permit the serving of special interests.

Journalism's ultimate purpose [is] to inform the reader, to bring him each day a letter from home and never to permit the serving of special interests.

Anybody who claims to read the entire paper every day is either the world's fastest reader or the world's biggest liar.

We have to knock down the barriers erected by greed, special interests, powerful forces.

Our electoral process has created perverse incentives that have warped our democracy and empowered special interests and a vocal minority.

We need real campaign finance reform to loosen the grip of special interests on politics.