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Famous Michael Kinsley Quotes
“Journalistic conventions make it hard for reporters to deal with a big, complicated lie.”
“If hypocrisy is the tribute vice pays to virtue, piousness is virtue paying tribute to itself.”
Source: Please Don't Remain Calm: Provocations and Commentaries
“A gaffe is a politician inadvertently telling an inconvenient truth.”
“The definition of a gaffe is when a politician tells the truth.”
“Conservatives and liberals alike have been waiting for this moment for a third of a century.”
“I have a saying: the scandal isn't what's illegal, the scandal is what's legal.”
“Anything that keeps a politician humble is healthy for democracy.”
“Of course, conservatives always claim to be against judicial activism.”
“So the danger of conservative judicial activism has been averted for another year. Stay tuned.”