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I only aim at the powerful. When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel - it's vulgar.

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So keep fightin' for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don't you forget to have fun doin' it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cats, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce.

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I really think the single most important thing to remember about trying to fix the schools is that there is no such thing as an instant result.

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When satire is aimed at the powerless, it is not only cruel - it's vulgar.

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If Democrats in Washington haven't got enough sense to own the issue of political reform, I give up on them entirely.

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People like to help. They like to be able to do something for you. Let them.

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To mistake Midland for the volk heartland is the West Texas equivalent of assuming that Greenwich, Connecticut, is Levittown.

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I've thought for years that newspapers should all be owned by nonprofits.

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Old-fashioned anti-immigrant prejudice always brings out some old-fashioned racists.

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As I occasionally survey the pack of sycophantic shih tzus in the Washington press corps, wriggling on their bellies to kiss the feet of those in power, I feel plumb discouraged about the future of journalism.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: August 30th, 1944

Died: January 31st, 2007

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