"An honest, fearless press is the public's first protection against
gangsterism--local or international."
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Humphrey Bogart, actor, in "Deadline--USA", 1952
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“Words are sacred. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the world a little.”
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Tom Stoppard
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“A journalist is a grumbler, a censurer, a giver of advice, a regent of sovereigns, a tutor of nations. Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.”
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Napoleon
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“I believe that in this country the press exerts a greater and more pernicious influence than the church. We are not a religious people, but we are a nation of politicians. We do not care for, do not read the bible, but we do care for and do read the newspapers.”
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Henry David Thoreau
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“The press is our chief ideological weapon.”
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Nikita Khrushchev
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“Whoever controls the media – the images – controls the culture.”
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Allen Ginsberg
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“Words are the dress of thoughts, which should no more be presented in rags, tatters and dirt than your person should.”
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Lord Chesterfield, British statesman, essayist
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“The process of writing, any form of creativity, is a power intensifying life.”
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Rita Mae Brown, author
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“For one reason or another there has gathered about the newspaperman’s
job an atmosphere of mystery or romance, a sort of glamour that has an
unfailing appeal for youth on the quest for a vocation.”
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George Fox Mott, US educator, 1937
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"The beauty of words in a democracy is that anyone can offer them up,
and they live or die not by a ruler's dictate, but by their ability to
permeate hearts and minds, to ignite passions, and to provoke actions.
Throughout our history we have learned that words with enough
resonance--whether from a slave, a student, or a songwriter--can change
history as dramatically as any decree."
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--Joannie Fischer, US journalist, Sept. 22, 2003.
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