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The right to do something does not mean that doing it is right.
William Safire
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William Safire
Age: 79 †
Born: 1929
Born: December 17
Died: 2009
Died: September 27
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William Lewis Safire
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Is sloppiness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care.
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Don't expect others to do your work for you.
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It behooves us to avoid archaisms. Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do.
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Never look for the story in the 'lede.' Reporters are required to put what's happened up top, but the practiced pundit places a nugget of news, even a startling insight, halfway down the column, directed at the politiscenti. When pressed for time, the savvy reader starts there.
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Decide on some imperfect Somebody and you will win, because the truest truism in politics is: You can't beat Somebody with Nobody.
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