At the end of the day, the Detroiter may be the most important American there is because no one knows better than he that we're all standing at the edge of the shaft. — Charlie LeDuff Copy Share Image
Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus: We hope for better things; it shall rise from the ashes. — Charlie LeDuff Copy Share Image
Some people are doomed from birth because their environment is so toxic. — Charlie LeDuff Copy Share Image
But wanderlust is like a pretty girl - you wake up one morning, find she's grown old and decide that either you're going to… — Charlie LeDuff Copy Share Image
And then I settled into the most natural thing for a man with no real talents. Journalism. — Charlie LeDuff Copy Share Image
We are born to a time. What you do with it is on you. Do the best you can. Try to be good. And… — Charlie LeDuff Copy Share Image
There's not much a newspaper reporter can do about dead men. But a newspaper reporter and a cop and a judge can deliver some… — Charlie LeDuff Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, the Detroiter may be the most important American there is because no one knows better than he that… — Charlie LeDuff Copy Share Image
Go ahead and laugh at Detroit. Because you are laughing at yourself. — Charlie LeDuff Copy Share Image
New York is a glamorous city, constituted mostly of nobodies. They crave the lights, and if they tell you differently, they're lying. Only dreamers… — Charlie LeDuff Copy Share Image
Since its founding, Detroit has been a place of perpetual flames. Three times the city has suffered race riots and three times the city… — Charlie LeDuff Copy Share Image
What our generation failed to learn was the nobility of work. An honest day's labor. The worthiness of the man in the white socks… — Charlie LeDuff Copy Share Image
