1917-1997, American Author and Columnist
A neighborhood is where, when you go out of it, you get beat up.
Murray Kempton – [Neighbors]
A political convention is not a place where you can come away with any trace of faith in human nature.
Murray Kempton – [Politicians and Politics]
It is function of government to invent philosophies to explain the demands of its own convenience.
Murray Kempton – [Government]
The faces in New York remind me of people who played a game and lost.
Murray Kempton – [Cities and City Life]