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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.

We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.

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.