A self-described "Jeffersonian Marxist," Stone combined progressive politics, investigative zeal and a compulsion to tell the truth with a commitment to human rights and the exposure of injustice.

斯通自称是“杰斐逊马克思主义者”，他把进步的政治、调查的热情、说出真相的冲动与对人权和揭露不公正的承诺结合在一起。