I take a grave view of the ...

I take a grave view of the press. It is the weak slat under the bed of democracy
I take a grave view of the press. It is the weak slat under the bed of democracy
 A. J. Liebling

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All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.
I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.
 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.
The amount of happiness that you have depends on the amount of freedom you have in your heart.
 Thích Nhất Hạnh
Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.

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Any city may have one period of magnificence, like Boston or New Orleans or San Francisco, but it takes a real one to keep renewing itself until the past is perennially forgotten.
 A. J. Liebling
I used to be shy about ordering a steak after I had eaten a steak sandwich, but I got used to it.
 A. J. Liebling
No ascetic can be considered reliably sane.
 A. J. Liebling
I can write better than anybody who can write faster, and I can write faster than anybody who can write better.
 A. J. Liebling
Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.
 A. J. Liebling