She's -- her great strength, if anybody watches the show -- and I think everybody does in Iowa; it's the number one show in Iowa -- she's instructive. She's empowering. Every time you watch an Oprah broadcast, at the end of it, you know more than you started and you feel stronger. That's her strength.

So far, I don't see anything negative on this woman. I think she's a real icon. She's much more complex and complicated than just a talk show host. Maya Angelo…

You have to admire Oprah Winfrey. She is the most powerful woman in the country and comes from a very humble background. The woman has succeeded on talent and …

Oprah is different. Oprah has an army out there that really listens. She's one of the great marketing machines in history.

You can either watch TV or you can make TV.

Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run.

The upbringing of the people, and particularly means of mass influence - the press, radio, television, and film - should be in the hands of people whose good I…