Cynical Quote by Joseph Pulitzer Download Open image “A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will produce in time a people as base as itself.” — Joseph Pulitzer ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Cynical Media control Mercenary People Pessimism Presses Produce Time
A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will in time produce a people as base as itself. — Joseph Pulitzer Copy Share Image
Our Republic and its press will rise or fall together," Pulitzer wrote. "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 popular government is a sham and a mockery. A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will produce in time a people as base as itself. The… — Joseph Pulitzer Copy Share
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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,… — Joseph Pulitzer Copy Share Image
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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
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