Otis Chandler will go down as one of the most important figures in newspaper history. He built a newspaper that was as great as the city it covers. He set his sights on a goal — making the Times one of the two or three great American papers — and he pulled it off.

If history is any indication, all truths will eventually turn out to be false.

The effect of boredom on a large scale in history is underestimated. It is a main cause of revolutions, and would soon bring to an end all the static Utopias and the farmyard civilization of the Fabians.

The true history of my administration will be written 50 years from now, and you and I will not be around to see it.

I think you're going to find out that westerns will be coming back. It's Americana, it's part of our history, the cowboy, the cattle drive, the sheriff, the fight for law, order and justice. Justice will always prevail as far as I'm concerned.

Holding the Olympics in Beijing will be a major event that will remain in Chinese history, ... It will be an excellent opportunity for China to demonstrate the rapid development it has made. As athletes, we will be called upon to produce good results for our home country.