We are all addicts in various stages of degradation where I live on the Upper West Side, some to heroin, some to small dogs, and some to the New York Times. The heroin is cut, the dogs are paranoid, and the Times cheats by skimping on the West Coast ball scores. No matter, each of us goes upon the street solely in pursuit of his own particular curse.
Murray KemptonA revolution requires of its leaders a record of unbroken infallibility; if they do not possess it, they are expected to invent it.
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 Kempton