“New York, the nation's thyroid gland.”
“The Press is the living jury of the Nation." James Gordon Bennett, editor of the New York Herald in 1841”
“The great city of New York wields more of the destinies of this great nation that five times the population of any other portion of the country.”
“New York is to the nation what the white church spire is to the village - the visible symbol of aspiration and faith, the white plume saying the way is up”
“Start spreading the news, I'm leaving today. I want to be a part of it. New York... New York..." New York, New York - Fred Ebb/John Kander”
“I know where a lot of them [the elite or elitists] live.Where's that?Well, in our nation's capital and New York City. I've seen it. I've lived there.”