“Let us have our heroes. Let us continue to believe that some have been truly great; that it lies within human ability to overcome temptations and trials; that it is sublime to suffer and be strong. Petty biographers with inferior souls and jealous hearts would rob us of these happy privileges. Sensationalism is alright for yellow journalism, but in biography we wish to see our famous men and women as they were and feel the power of the strength andbeauty of their lives. Down with the debunking biographers”
![“A biography should be faithful to the truth. I do not believe that a biography of a man should be all praises, it should be both [praise and criticism] because it is not bad to show the human side of a person. You make him human by painting the defects.” quote by Teodoro A. Agoncillo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/faf/teodoro-a-agoncillo-18516_truth_a-biography-should-be-faithful-to-the-tr_2410032.jpg)
![“[I]n contrast to the common belief that they are the world's greatest cynics, the best journalists are the world's great idealists. They have experienced firsthand the great soothing balance of human existence. For every disgrace there is triumph, for every wrong there is a moment of justice, for…” quote by Anna Quindlen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6a8/anna-quindlen-467_announcements_i-n-contrast-to-the-common-belief-that-t_2613212.jpg)
![“He’s [Nixon] like a Spanish horse, who runs faster than anyone for the first nine lengths and then turns around and runs backwards. You’ll see; he’ll do something wrong in the end. He always does.” quote by Lyndon Baines Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/025/lyndon-baines-johnson-58617_richard-nixon_he-s-nixon-like-a-spanish-horse-who-runs_675748.jpg)
