Except for politics, no business is scrutinized more exhaustively than journalism. – Russell Baker
Roosevelts declaration that Americans had nothing to fear but fear itself was a glorious piece of inspirational rhetoric and just as gloriously wrong. – Russell Baker
The worst thing about the miracle of modern communications is the Pavlovian pressure it places upon everyone to communicate whenever a bell rings. – Russell Baker
Rereading A.J. Liebling carries me happily back to an age when all good journalists knew they had plenty to be modest about, and were. – Russell Baker