A journalist is the lookout on the bridge of the ship of state. He notes the passing sail, the little things of interest that dot the horizon in fine weather. He reports the drifting castaway whom the ship can save.… — Joseph Pulitzer Copy Share Image
An able, disinterested, public-spirited press, with trained intelligence to know the right and courage to do it, can preserve that public virtue without which… — Joseph Pulitzer Copy Share
I will always fight for progress and reform, never tolerate injustice or corruption, always fight demagogues of all parties, never belong to any party,… — Joseph Pulitzer Copy Share
A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will produce in time a people as base as itself. — Joseph Pulitzer Copy Share
I am deeply interested in the progress and elevation of journalism, having spent my life in that profession, regarding it as a noble profession… — Joseph Pulitzer Copy Share
Don't be sensitive if I should, in future, seem brusque, harsh, or even unjust in my criticism. I sincerely hope I never shall be;… — Joseph Pulitzer Copy Share
I breakfast when I get up, lunch when I get the chance. If I never get it, I forget it. Sometimes I dine at… — Joseph Pulitzer Copy Share
It is to such men as Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson and Jackson and Franklin, all most lowly born, that we owe most of our… — Joseph Pulitzer Copy Share
I desire to assist in attracting to this profession young men of character and ability, also to help those already engaged in the profession… — Joseph Pulitzer Copy Share
My especial object is to help the poor; the rich can help themselves. I believe in self-made men. — Joseph Pulitzer Copy Share
I really think one of the most extraordinary things in the world is the amount of noise a child can make. — Joseph Pulitzer Copy Share
They call me the father of illustrated journalism. What folly! I never thought any such thing. I had a small newspaper, which had been… — Joseph Pulitzer Copy Share
It only serves to show what sort of person a man must be who can't even get testimonials. No, no; if a man brings… — Joseph Pulitzer Copy Share
