Seymour Hersh

"The main stream media has the power to make or break political careers."

"I'm a journalist. My job is to tell the truth."

"The one thing that scares me is the concentration of power."

"Lying is done with words, and also with silence."

"I write to afflict the comfortable and comfort the afflicted."

"The best way to serve an authoritarian leader is to find out what he wants to do and help him do it."

"Intelligence work is about finding truth in a sea of deception."

"Government secrets are kept not for security, but for embarrassment."

"A free press is the enemy of tyranny."

"You cannot trust institutions that lie to protect themselves."

"Journalism is the only thing I know how to do, and I do it because it matters."

"Power does not yield without pressure."

"The truth will emerge, but it often takes decades."

"Ask the right questions and follow the trail of evidence."

"Wars are often sold to the public with falsehoods."

"Whistleblowers are the conscience of democracy."

"The public has a right to know what is done in their name."

"Accountability is the price of power."

"I report what I find, not what I'm told to find."

"The machinery of government operates on secrecy and self-interest."

"Real journalism requires patience and persistence."

"Fear is the tool of those who wish to control."

"Speaking truth to power is the journalist's sacred duty."

"History is written by those who survive, but truth is written by those who investigate."

"The establishment will always resist exposure of its secrets."

"One person with evidence can change the course of history."

"Journalism demands skepticism of all official narratives."

"The powerful work hard to control the narrative."

"Truth-telling comes with a price."

"Evidence, not opinion, should guide investigation."