please provide citations and don't expect people to clean up after you. and still it's a hearsay, no link to memo (although internal)

"please provide citations and don't expect people to clean up after you. and still it's a hearsay, no link to memo"

Who do you think you are that you can tell people on what terms they can cite a quote from the New York Times? No, I am not going to do a scientific research paper tracing the historical roots of this oft-cited (in reputable media) quote.

Please take your head and pull it out of your ass.