It is not the least of a martyr’s scourges to be canonized by the persons who burned him. — Murray Kempton
The beauty of a strong, lasting commitment is often best understood by men incapable of it. — Murray Kempton
We are a government of laws. Any laws some government hack can find to louse up a man who’s down. — Murray Kempton
It is function of government to invent philosophies to explain the demands of its own convenience. — Murray Kempton
A political convention is not a place where you can come away with any trace of faith in human nature. — Murray Kempton
To say that an idea is fashionable is to say, I think, that is has been adulterated to a point where it is hardly an idea at all. — Murray Kempton
