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    The truth is not wonderful enough to suit the newspapers; so they enlarge upon it, and invent ridiculous embellishments.

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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.

by Charles Baudelaire Found in: Newspapers Quotes,
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Everything you read in newspapers is absolutely true, except for that rare story of which you happen to have first-hand read more

Everything you read in newspapers is absolutely true, except for that rare story of which you happen to have first-hand knowledge

by Erwin Knoll Found in: Newspapers Quotes,
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Newspapers are unable, seemingly to discriminate between a bicycle accident and the collapse of civilization

Newspapers are unable, seemingly to discriminate between a bicycle accident and the collapse of civilization

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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

by Thomas Jefferson Found in: Newspapers Quotes,
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From the American newspapers you'd think America was populated solely by naked women and cinema stars.

From the American newspapers you'd think America was populated solely by naked women and cinema stars.

by Nancy Astor Found in: Newspapers Quotes,
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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

by Wendell Phillips Found in: Newspapers Quotes,
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We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.

We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.

by Wendell Phillips Found in: Newspapers Quotes,
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Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.

Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.

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

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

by Spiro T. Agnew Found in: Newspapers Quotes,
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