Cynical Quote by Joseph Pulitzer

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

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

A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will produce in time a people as base as itself.

— Joseph Pulitzer

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

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

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

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

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

My especial object is to help the poor; the rich can help themselves. I believe in self-made men.

— Joseph Pulitzer

I want to talk to a nation, not to a select committee.

— Joseph Pulitzer

I really think one of the most extraordinary things in the world is the amount of noise a child can make.

— Joseph Pulitzer

Our republic and its press will rise and fall together.

— Joseph Pulitzer