| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 1523 |
| AUTHOR: | Harry S. Truman (1884–1972) |
| QUOTATION: | Whenever the press quits abusing me I know I’m in the wrong pew. I don’t mind it because when they throw bricks at me—I’m a pretty good shot myself and I usually throw ’em back at ’em. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | HARRY S. TRUMAN, speech at a dinner in his honor, Washington, D.C., February 22, 1958.—Text as recorded by The New York Times, February 23, 1958, p. 46. |
| SUBJECTS: | Press |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia | | |
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