If God, as some now say, is dead, He no doubt died of trying to find an equitable solution to the Arab-Jewish problem.

The fault I find with most American newspapers is not the absence of dissent. it is the absence of news. With a dozen or so honorable exceptions, most American newspapers carry very little news. Their main concern is advertising.

Rich people march on Washington every day.

If you live long enough, you get accused of things you never did and praised for virtues you never had.

The difference between burlesque and the newspapers is that the former never pretended to be performing a public service by exposure.

Every time we are confronted with a new revolution we take to the opium pipes of our own propaganda.

The only kinds of fights worth fighting are those you’re going to lose, because somebody has to fight them and lose and lose and lose until someday, somebody who believes as you do wins.