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

If words were invented to conceal thought, newspapers are a great improvement of a bad invention.

If words were invented to conceal thought, newspapers are a great improvement of a bad invention.

A newspaper should be the maximum of information, and the minimum of comment.

A newspaper should be the maximum of information, and the minimum of comment.

All I know is what I read in the papers

All I know is what I read in the papers

Half the American population no longer reads newspapers: plainly, they are the clever half.

Half the American population no longer reads newspapers: plainly, they are the clever half.

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.

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

It's amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world every day always just exactly fits the newspaper.

It's amazing that the amount of news that happens in the world every day always just exactly fits the newspaper.

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

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