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“Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.”

A. J. Liebling

The New Yorker, May 14, 1960.

“Inconsiderate to the last, Josef Stalin, a man who never had to meet a deadline, had the bad taste to die in installments.”

A. J. Liebling

The New Yorker, March 28, 1953, quoted in David Remnick, "Reporting It All: A.J. Liebling at 100", The New Yorker, March 29, 2004.

“You can hope for lucky encounters only if you walk around a lot.”

A. J. Liebling

The road back to Paris (1988)

“People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news.”

A. J. Liebling

The New Yorker, April 7, 1956.

“A man´s taste is formed more by his culture, his profession, and the period in which he is young than by his race or politics.”

A. J. Liebling

The road back to Paris (1988)

“As a result of its generous stand [Robert Maynard Hutchins’ controversial policy of admitting students after their second year of high-school], the University of Chicago’s undergraduate college acts as the greatest magnet for neurotic juveniles since the Children’s Crusade, with Robert Maynard Hutchins…playing the role of Stephen the Shepherd Boy.”

A. J. Liebling

Chicago: The Second City (Knopf, 1952; University of Nebraska Press, 2004, ISBN 0-8032-8035-1, p. 110.

“The subject [of Stalin's death] permitted a rare blend of invective and speculation—both Hearst papers, as I recall, ran cartoons of Stalin being rebuffed at the gates of Heaven, where Hearst had no correspondents—and I have seldom enjoyed a week of newspaper reading more.”

A. J. Liebling

Just Enough Liebling: Classic Work by the Legendary New Yorker Writer, p. 23.

“Show me a poet, and I'll show you a shit.”

A. J. Liebling

The New Yorker, March 28, 1953, quoted in David Remnick, "Reporting It All: A.J. Liebling at 100", The New Yorker, March 29, 2004.

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