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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

All I know is what I read in the papers

All I know is what I read in the papers

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

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

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.