To say that an idea is fashionable is to say, I think, that is has been adulterated to a point where it is hardly an idea at all.
Murray KemptonMen very seldom change, try though we will, beneath the shifts of exterior doctrine, our hearts so often remain what they were.
Murray KemptonAs an organized political group, the Communists have done nothing to damage our society a fraction as much as what their enemies have done in the name of defending us against subversion.
Murray KemptonEvery social war is a battle between the very few on both sides who care and who fire their shots across a crowd of spectators.
Murray KemptonThere is a raging tiger inside every man whom God put on this earth. Every man worthy of the respect of his children spends his life building inside himself a cage to pen that tiger in.
Murray KemptonAny experience deeply felt makes some men better and some men worse. When it has ended, they share nothing but the recollection of a commitment in which each was tested and to some degree found wanting. [...] The consequences of the journey change the voyager so much more than the embarking or the arrival.
Murray Kempton