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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
The difference between burlesque and the newspapers is that the former never pretended to be performing a public service by read more
The difference between burlesque and the newspapers is that the former never pretended to be performing a public service by exposure.
People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news.
People everywhere confuse what they read in newspapers with news.
Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.
Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.
Governments always tend to want not really a free press but a
managed or well-conducted one.
Governments always tend to want not really a free press but a
managed or well-conducted one.
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
Every time a newspaper dies, even a bad one, the country moves a little closer to authoritarianism; when a great read more
Every time a newspaper dies, even a bad one, the country moves a little closer to authoritarianism; when a great one goes, like the New York Herald Tribune, history itself is denied a devoted witness.
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.
The truth is not wonderful enough to suit the newspapers; so they enlarge upon it, and invent ridiculous embellishments.
The truth is not wonderful enough to suit the newspapers; so they enlarge upon it, and invent ridiculous embellishments.
