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 Burke said there were Three Estates in Parliament; but, in the 
Reporter's gallery yonder, there sat a fourth estate read more 
 Burke said there were Three Estates in Parliament; but, in the 
Reporter's gallery yonder, there sat a fourth estate more 
important far than they all. 
Journalism - an ability to meet the challenge of filling the space.
Journalism - an ability to meet the challenge of filling the space.
 Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the 
press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power read more 
 Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the 
press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power and 
muzzled the politicians. 
 The great art in writing advertisements is the finding out a 
proper method to catch the reader's eye; without read more 
 The great art in writing advertisements is the finding out a 
proper method to catch the reader's eye; without which a good 
thing may pass over unobserved, or be lost among commissions of 
bankrupt. 
 A would-be satirist, a hired buffoon,
 A monthly scribbler of some low lampoon,
  Condemn'd to drudge, the read more 
 A would-be satirist, a hired buffoon,
 A monthly scribbler of some low lampoon,
  Condemn'd to drudge, the meanest of the mean,
   And furbish falsehoods for a magazine. 
Nobody's interested in sweetness and light.
Nobody's interested in sweetness and light.
 The liberty of the press is the palladium of all the civil, 
political, and religious rights of an Englishman.  
 The liberty of the press is the palladium of all the civil, 
political, and religious rights of an Englishman. 
 I believe it has been said that one copy of the "Times" contains 
more useful information than the whole read more 
 I believe it has been said that one copy of the "Times" contains 
more useful information than the whole of the historical works of 
Thucydides. 
 [The opposition Press] which is in the hands of malecontents who 
have failed in their career.  
 [The opposition Press] which is in the hands of malecontents who 
have failed in their career.