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Murray Kempton was a prominent American journalist known for his insightful and critical writing. Born on December 16, 1917, and passing away on May 5, 1997, Kempton's career spanned several decades, during which he covered a wide range of topics, including politics, social issues, and the arts. His work was characterized by its depth of analysis and commitment to social justice.

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“It is function of government to invent philosophies to explain the demands of its own convenience.”

Philosophy Government Demand Function Convenience

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“By adherence to a special set of rules, the child of the shabby-genteel can sometimes leap across the time which has passed by his family and function in the real world without doing violence to the hopes his mother held out for him. But those who cannot live within this pattern are the freaks and poets, and they travel a different road to peace.”

World Children Different Real Sometimes Mother Violence Special Poet Function Patterns Leap Real World Freak Adherence Shabby Different Roads

Book:Part of Our Time: Some Ruins and Monuments of the Thirties

Source: Part of Our Time: Some Ruins and Monuments of the Thirties

About the Author

Born: December 16, 1917
Died: May 5, 1997
Known for: Journalist
Quotes: 26

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