The first duty of a newspaper is to be accurate. If it be accurate, it follows that it is fair.

The first duty of a newspaper is to be accurate. If it be accurate, it follows that it is fair.

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, read more

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. But I should mean that every man should receive those papers and be capable

We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.

We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.

I am unable to understand how a man of honor could take a newspaper in his hands without a shudder read more

I am unable to understand how a man of honor could take a newspaper in his hands without a shudder of disgust.

People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news.

People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news.

Some newspapers are fit only to line the bottom of bird cages.

Some newspapers are fit only to line the bottom of bird cages.

Let me make the newspapers, and I care not what is preached in the pulpit or what is enacted in read more

Let me make the newspapers, and I care not what is preached in the pulpit or what is enacted in Congress

In these times we fight for ideas, and newspapers are our fortresses.

In these times we fight for ideas, and newspapers are our fortresses.

All I know is what I read in the papers.

All I know is what I read in the papers.