Anthony Lewis
Anthony Lewis
Anthony Lewiswas an American public intellectual and journalist, twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and a longtime New York Times columnist. He is credited with creating the field of legal journalism in the United States...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth27 March 1927
CityBronx, NY
CountryUnited States of America
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We defended him as hard as we could; but he made a lot of tough shots in the paint against us.
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There are values of humanity, culture, beauty, community that may require deviations from the cold logic of market theory.
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I really don't have an answer. Sometimes, our heads are not in the game. You have a blowout against a team and you expect to have another one. Any time you beat a team and they come back and beat you, it takes a little out of you.
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Despite all the gains for democracy in the world, in many countries anyone who wants to publish truths unwelcome to the government risks suppression and criminal punishment.
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Desperation is a fact of life in many poor, overcrowded countries.
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Congress has shortchanged not only foreign aid but foreign policy. A mistaken notion that diplomats are unimportant and hence undeserving of support grips conservative legislators, especially.
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The Nuremberg trials of Nazi leaders, in open court before an international tribunal, had a profound long-term effect in bringing Germans back to democracy and humanity.
The First Amendment is very important, but it's not everything.
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I was covering the Supreme Court when it decided Gideon v. Wainright, and the case has always had special meaning for me.
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The Pentagon Papers case stands today as a barrier to silence by official edict.
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East and West, most societies have come to believe that competition will produce more prosperity for more people than a planned economy. I share that belief.