“The faces in New York remind me of people who had played a game and lost.”

Murray Kempton

“Great care has gone into the construction of the shadow which declares itself to be Richard Nixon.”

Murray Kempton

“If you talk to gangsters long enough, you’ll find out they’re just as bad as respectable people.”

Murray Kempton

“In baseball, the true class enemy is not the boss, but the fan.”

Murray Kempton

“Donald Trump dresses his hatred up as though it were a peacock's feathers. In any polity entitled to think itself civilized, persons with regard for their breeding would leave the room politely but de...”

Murray Kempton