Every issue of the paper presents an opportunity and a duty to say something courageous and true; to rise above the mediocre and conventional; to say something that will command the respect of the intelligent, the educated, the independent part… — 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 Image
I will always fight for progress and reform, never tolerate injustice or corruption, always fight demagogues of all parties, never belong to any party, always oppose privileged classes and public plunderers, never lack sympathy with the poor, always remain devoted to the public welfare, never be satisfied with merely printing news, always be drastically independent, never be afraid to attack… — Joseph Pulitzer Copy Share
A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will produce in time a people as base as itself. — Joseph Pulitzer Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
My especial object is to help the poor; the rich can help themselves. I believe in self-made men. — Joseph Pulitzer Copy Share Image
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 Image
