I take a grave view of the press. It is the weak slat under the bed of democracy.
More quotes from A. J. Liebling
If you just try long enough and hard enough, you can always manage to boot yourself in the posterior.
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Chicago seems a big city instead of merely a large place.
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People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news.
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An Englishman teaching an American about food is like the blind leading the one-eyed.
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The function of the press in society is to inform, but its role in society is to make money.
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Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.
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I can write better than anybody who can write faster, and I can write faster than anybody who can write better.
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I take a grave view of the press. It is the weak slat under the bed of democracy.
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The way to write is well, and how is your own business.
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