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1. "The Pentagon Papers case stands today as a barrier to silence by official edict." ~ Anthony Lewis

2. "We have learned by now, or should have, that the best-intended designers of aid programs can make ghastly mistakes in their sophisticated plans." ~ Anthony Lewis

3. "With one terrible exception, the Civil War, law and the Constitution have kept America whole and free." ~ Anthony Lewis

4. "Even a competent lawyer may not be able to mount an adequate defense against the state, with all its resources, if he has next to nothing for investigation and effectively works for starvation wages." ~ Anthony Lewis

5. "The Nuremberg trials of Nazi leaders, in open court before an international tribunal, had a profound long-term effect in bringing Germans back to democracy and humanity." ~ Anthony Lewis

6. "Americans who visit Tuscany or Umbria love the landscape: the silvery olive groves, the fields of sunflowers, the vineyards, the stone houses and barns." ~ Anthony Lewis

7. "Attacking the indecency of life in much of the Southern Hemisphere is no longer a matter of grace, of charity, of patronizing kindness. It is a matter of intense self-interest." ~ Anthony Lewis

8. "Congress has shortchanged not only foreign aid but foreign policy. A mistaken notion that diplomats are unimportant and hence undeserving of support grips conservative legislators, especially." ~ Anthony Lewis

9. "Despite all the gains for democracy in the world, in many countries anyone who wants to publish truths unwelcome to the government risks suppression and criminal punishment." ~ Anthony Lewis

10. "East and West, most societies have come to believe that competition will produce more prosperity for more people than a planned economy. I share that belief." ~ Anthony Lewis

11. "Over many years, the United States has worked to persuade and compel governments around the world to abide by the rules. By spurning our own rules, we put that effort at risk." ~ Anthony Lewis

12. "There are values of humanity, culture, beauty, community that may require deviations from the cold logic of market theory." ~ Anthony Lewis

13. "Desperation is a fact of life in many poor, overcrowded countries." ~ Anthony Lewis

14. "Freedom under law is hard work. If rulers cannot be trusted with arbitrary power, it is up to citizens to raise their voices at injustice." ~ Anthony Lewis

15. "I am an optimist about America." ~ Anthony Lewis

16. "I was covering the Supreme Court when it decided Gideon v. Wainright, and the case has always had special meaning for me." ~ Anthony Lewis

17. "I'm a pro-capitalist, middle-of-the-road, tepid centrist." ~ Anthony Lewis

18. "Is it 'left' to insist that presidents and CIA directors adhere to the law? I don't think so. I think it's American." ~ Anthony Lewis

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