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ANTHONY LEWIS – Author Quotes<\/div>\n


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\u201cI<\/strong>s it \u2018left\u2019 to insist that presidents and CIA directors adhere to the law? I don\u2019t think so. I think it\u2019s American.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Anthony Lewis<\/strong>, American journalist<\/p>\n

Remarks to author Eric Alterman, cited in Sound and Fury: The Making of the Punditocracy <\/em>(1992) Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1999 edition, p. 134<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531588755-96303790-852e094f-cf635381-89e5bfa4-9a16″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Responding to the idea that he is a \u2018radical left-wing commentator\u2019]:<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, I\u2019m a pro-capitalist, middle-of-the-road, tepid centrist. I mean, is it Left to insist that presidents and CIA directors adhere to the law? I don\u2019t think so. I think it\u2019s American.<\/span>\u201d (p. 134)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1449531589797-29580b31-8c50094f-cf635381-89e5bfa4-9a16″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: Library – Sound and Fury: The Making of the Punditocracy<\/em> (1992|1999 Cornell Paperbacks ed.) International Standard Book Number (ISBN) 0-8014-8639-4<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315829087-ce67c619-0fbc5381-89e5bfa4-9a16″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

[On America] \u201cFor this country at least, given the kind of obstreperous, populous, diverse country we are, law is the absolute essential. And when governments short-cut the law, it\u2019s extremely dangerous.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Anthony Lewis<\/strong>, American journalist<\/p>\n

\u201cConversations\/The Long View; 50 Years of Covering War, Looking for Peace and Honoring Law\u201d (16 December 2001) Interview with editor Ethan Bronner, The New York Times<\/em>, New York: The New York Times Co.; online via The New York Times [subscription service] www.nytimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315829475-7c82a017-1e625381-89e5bfa4-9a16″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong>: [Retirement interview with NY Times editor Ethan Bronner, one day after Lewis\u2019 final Op-Ed column appeared in the paper.]:<\/p>\n

\u201c[Ethan Bronner] Q. Have you drawn any big conclusion?<\/p>\n

[Anthony Lewis] A. Maybe it\u2019s a twin conclusion. One is that certainty is the enemy of decency and humanity in people who are sure they are right, like Osama bin Laden and John Ashcroft. And secondly that for this country at least, given the kind of obstreperous, populous, diverse country we are, law is the absolute essential. And when governments short-cut the law, it\u2019s extremely dangerous.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n

Source note<\/em><\/strong>: In his remarks above, Lewis was reflecting two lessons learned during his career as a columnist & journalist. The men Lewis refers to are Saudi terrorist & al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden & then-American Attorney General John Ashcroft.]\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315829682-63e8fade-cf4c5381-89e5bfa4-9a16″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source link<\/strong><\/em><\/span>: \u201cConversations\/The Long View; 50 Years of Covering War, Looking for Peace and Honoring Law\u201d (16 December 2001) online via The New York Times [subscription service]: http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2001\/12\/16\/weekinreview\/conversations-long-view-50-years-covering-war-looking-for-peace-honoring-law.html<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1453316221301{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1453315828001-b5e2e52e-ea1e5381-89e5bfa4-9a16″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cThe search for conspiracy only increases the elements of morbidity and paranoia and fantasy in this country. It romanticizes crimes that are terrible because of their lack of purpose. It obscures our necessary understanding, all of us, that in this life there is often tragedy without reason.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Anthony Lewis<\/strong>, American journalist<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat Not to Do: Abroad at Home\u201d (25 September 1975) The New York <\/em>Times<\/em>, Vol. CXXV, No. 42,978, New York: The New York Times Co., p. 43, column 6; online via New York Times, TimesMachine archives [subscription service] www.newyorktimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1453315828385-86abfac4-79bf5381-89e5bfa4-9a16″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt <\/em><\/strong>[Final paragraph of newspaper opinion column. Lewis was directly referencing assassination attempts on then-American President Gerald R. Ford.]:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe search for conspiracy only increases the elements of morbidity and paranoia and fantasy in this country. It romanticizes crimes that are terrible because of their lack of purpose. It obscures our necessary understanding, all of us, that in this life there is often tragedy without reason<\/span>.\u201d (p. 43)<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1453315828572-dac97b48-68e05381-89e5bfa4-9a16″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: \u201cWhat Not to Do\u201d (25 September 1975) online via New York Times archives [subscription service]: http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1975\/09\/25\/archives\/what-not-to-do-abroad-at-home.html<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_tta_tabs style=”modern” shape=”square” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-book” add_icon=”true” title=”Citation” tab_id=”1449531591105-7edf5f39-feaa094f-cf635381-89e5bfa4-9a16″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

\u201cThere are values of humanity, culture, beauty, community that may require deviations from the cold logic of market theory.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

~Anthony Lewis<\/strong>, American journalist<\/p>\n

\u201cAt Home Abroad; A Civilized Society\u201d (8 September 2001) The New <\/em>York Times<\/em>, New York: The New York Times Co.; online via The New York Times [subscription service] www.nytimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-plus-circle” add_icon=”true” title=”Context” tab_id=”1449531591631-43861bc7-da28094f-cf635381-89e5bfa4-9a16″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

Extended excerpt<\/em><\/strong> [Newspaper opinion column]:<\/p>\n

\u201cBut Italy is evidence that there is more to life \u2013 a civilized life \u2013 than the unregulated competition of the market. There are values of humanity, culture, beauty, community that may require deviations from the cold logic of market theory.<\/span> So I am convinced after spending some weeks in Italy this summer.\u201d<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-search” add_icon=”true” title=”Source Link” tab_id=”1449531592891-f39e055b-a66e094f-cf635381-89e5bfa4-9a16″][vc_column_text css_animation=”none”]\n

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Source link<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: \u201cAt Home Abroad; A Civilized Society\u201d (8 September 2001) online via The New York Times [subscription service]: http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2001\/09\/08\/opinion\/at-home-abroad-a-civilized-society.html<\/a><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n

Resources<\/h4>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”none” el_class=”Wrapper-Author-Resources”]Learn more about Anthony Lewis <\/strong><\/span>| Here are a few good places to start –<\/p>\n