One of the most powerful defences the media can offer for controversial actions is, of course, public interest.

And, consequently, the art of propaganda or public information becomes one of the most powerful forms of directive statesmanship.

Public interest is a very unruly horse.

The humblest is the peer of the most powerful.

Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful.

The vote is the most powerful nonviolent tool we have.