10 Quotes by Gary Webb

I was winning awards, getting raises, lecturing college classes, appearing on TV shows, and judging journalism contests. And then I wrote some stories that made me realize how sadly misplaced my bliss had been. The reason I'd enjoyed such smooth sailing for so long hadn't been, as I'd assumed, because I was careful and diligent and good at my job... The truth was that, in all those years, I hadn't written anything important enough to suppress.

God, [Freeway Rick] Ross firmly believed, had put him on earth to be the Cocaine Man. When he wasn't dealing, he was just like anybody else, maybe worse - an illiterate high-school dropout. A zero. But give him a pager and some dope, and he was a virtuoso.

Authentic journalism is telling people something that the government doesn't want them to know.

After spending three years of my life looking into this, I am more convinced than ever that the U.S. government's responsibility for the drug problems in South Central Los Angeles and other inner cities is greater than I ever wrote in the newspaper.

You can't believe the government - on anything. And you especially can't believe them when they're talking about important stuff.

We commonly see problems in adults that had been present since childhood but which take a toll on the heart over time.

Authentic journalism is telling people something that the government doesn’t want them to know.

Banks and other lending institutions – fearing loss of investor confidence – are notoriously loathe to admit they’ve been swindled. Therefore, they make excellent targets. Marvin.

Every government is run by liars and nothing they say should be believed. – I. F. STONE, 1907 – 1989.