The first essence of journalism is to know what you want to know, the second, is to find out who will tell you.

- John Gunther

Ours is the only country deliberately founded on a good idea.

- John Gunther

Live while you live, then die and be done with.

- John Gunther

I have so much to do! And there's so little time!

- John Gunther

There are no generalizations in American politics that vested selfishness cannot cut through.

- John Gunther

Touch water in the West and you touch everything.

- John Gunther

What is life? It departs covertly. Like a thief Death took him.

- John Gunther

The camera is one of the greatest liars of our time.

- John Gunther

[Chicago] is the greatest and most typically American of all cities. New York is bigger and more spectacular and can outmatch it in other superlative…

- John Gunther