"An able, disinterested, public-spirited press, with trained intelligence……" — 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 popular government is a sham and a mockery"
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19 Quotes by Joseph Pulitzer
Joseph Pulitzer has 19 quotes on this site.
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Money is the great power today. Men sell their souls for it. Women sell their bodies for it. Others worship…
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A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will produce in time a people as base as itself.
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Publicity, publicity, PUBLICITY is the greatest moral factor and force in our public life.
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Iwill always fight for progress and reform, never tolerate injustice or corruption, always fight demagogues of all parties, never belong…
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Newspapers should have no friends.
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I desire to assist in attracting to this profession young men of character and ability, also to help those already…
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I am deeply interested in the progress and elevation of journalism, having spent my life in that profession, regarding it…
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The Post-Dispatch will serve no party but the people; be no organ of Republicanism, but the organ of truth; will…
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Every issue of the paper presents an opportunity and a duty to say something courageous and true; to rise above…
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There is room in this great and growing city for a journal that is not only cheap but bright, not…
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My especial object is to help the poor; the rich can help themselves. I believe in self-made men.
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A journalist is the lookout on the bridge of the ship of state. He notes the passing sail, the little…
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