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"Is the New York Times a Liberal Newspaper? Of course it is."
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"The mind of the scholar, if he would leave it large and liberal, should come in contact with other minds."

"But I think it's undeniable that the Times is a liberal paper."

"Liberal soccer moms are precisely as likely to receive anthrax in the mail as to develop a capacity for linear thinking."

"If a liberal political philosophy stands for anything, and I am no longer sure it does, then it must mean that we are committed to the leveling of the playing field for everyone."

"American public opinion is like an ocean, it cannot be stirred by a teaspoon."

"The word liberal distinguishes whatever nourishes the mind and spirit from the training which is merely practical or professional or from the trivialities which are no training at all."

"This liberal progressive agenda... is the antithesis of who we are as a constitutional republic."

"'Be faithful to your roots' is the liberal version of 'Stay in your ghetto.'"

"A large nose is the mark of a witty, courteous, affable, generous and liberal man."
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"Now I worry. If people ended up liking me, did I do the job wrong? So I decided they didn't end up liking me - they ended up being able to deal with me."

"That first week, I also went to Washington. That was really tough. I sympathize with those Washington figures who have to face 40 Times Washington bureau reporters. They ask hard questions and they're relentless. And they were quite suspicious and quite dubious about me."

"I was probably being a little cocky, which I do when I feel that I don't know what I'm talking about."

"I think on civilian casualties they could do more. It's actually something I've discussed with the editors involved. They're aware of it, and I'm hopeful that there will be more reporting on that."

"I'm saying that the WMD reporting was not consciously evil. It was bad journalism, even very bad journalism."

"I'm afraid we'll see reporters stop chasing quotes around the same time dogs stop chasing cars."

"The Times' new credibility committee report that was issued on Monday very specifically said they will be putting in a policy that reporters must get permission from their department heads to appear on television, which I think is a really good thing."
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