He wanted to be respectable rather than powerful; he did not want the controversy that went with power. - David Halberstam
It was the kind of country that made you feel better about yourself. - David Halberstam
Being well known for being well-known did not necessarily imply intelligence. - David Halberstam
Many of these new readers were not yet college-educated, but in terms of their seriousness about the world, their own literacy, and above all their ambitions for their children, they might as well have been. - David Halberstam