A biography for Arthur Ochs Sulzbergerhasn’t been written yet.
“I don't think leadership demands 'yes' or 'no' answers; I think leadership is providing the forum for making the right decision, which doesn't demand unanimity.”
“Anybody who claims to read the entire paper every day is either the world's fastest reader or the world's biggest liar.”
“I wasn't the greatest reporter in the world, but I wasn't starting at zero.”
“In dread fear of sentimentality, another thing true is not said-that for its staff the paper is a source of pride and, I do believe, an object of affection and-yes, love.”
“The Defense Department's plan to ban newspaper reporters from pool coverage of military operations is incredible. It reveals the administration to be out of touch with journalism, reality and the First Amendment.”
“If you don't occasionally make a mistake, you aren't trying hard enough.”
“'The New York Times' is inherent in what we are, but not worn as 'what we are'; it's important and crucial to all of us, but not something that was drilled in, in any specific ways.”
“Journalism's ultimate purpose is to inform the reader, to bring him each day a letter from home and never to permit the serving of special interests.”