"It is hard to think of any group of seven words that have aroused more newspaper controversy."
— Adolph Ochs

January 1, 1970

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Original Language: English

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Gerald W. Johnson, An Honorable Titan: A Biographical Study of Adolph S. Ochs (New York: Harper & Bros, 1946) ch. 6, sec. 5, pp. 156–7 (on Ochs' motto for the NYT)