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    The difference between burlesque and the newspapers is that the former never pretended to be performing a public service by exposure.

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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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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.

by Unknown Found in: Newspapers Quotes,
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All I know is what I read in the papers.

All I know is what I read in the papers.

by Unknown Found in: Newspapers Quotes,
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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.

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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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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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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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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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All I know is what I read in the papers

All I know is what I read in the papers

by Will Rogers Found in: Newspapers Quotes,
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