Presidents are afraid to lose wars. They're afraid to be outflanked on the right by the militarists. They don't want to be seen as soft on either communism or soft on terrorism or whatever. So presidents are constantly tugged away… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
If the watchdog doesn't bark, how do you know there's a burglar in the basement? And the press is supposed to be a watchdog. — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
David Rockefeller is the most conspicuous representative today of the ruling class, a multinational fraternity of men who shape the global economy and manage… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
They're counting on your patriotism to distract you from their plunder. They're counting on you to be standing at attention with your hand over… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
Charity provides crumbs from the table; justice offers a place at the table. — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
Conservatism is less a set of ideas than it is a pathological distemper, a militant anger over the fact that the universe is not… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
When the public loses faith in democracy's ability to solve the problems it has created for itself, the game's almost over. And I think… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
It's very difficult to measure the impact on policy of any investigative journalism. You hope it matters to let a little more truth loose… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
Sure enough, as merger has followed merger, journalism has been driven further down the hierarchy of values in the huge conglomerates that dominate what… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
Unless you're willing to fight and refight the same battles until you go blue in the face, drive the people you work with nuts… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
This is the first time in my 32 years in public broadcasting that PBS has ordered up programs for ideological instead of journalistic reasons. — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
If being tolerant of differing opinions, if believing that America has to make it as a pluralistic nation, if being civil, if that makes… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
