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Quote by G.K. Chesterton
Journalism largely consists in saying

Journalism largely consists in saying “Lord Jones is dead” to people who never knew Lord Jones was alive. – G.K. Chesterton

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There is a great man who makes every man feel small. But the real great man is the man who makes every man feel great. – G.K. Chesterton

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What fairy tales give the child is his first clear idea of the possible defeat of bogey. The baby has known the dragon intimately ever since he had an imagination. What the fairy tale provides for him is a St. George to kill the dragon. – G.K. Chesterton

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Newspapers are unable, seemingly, to discriminate between a bicycle accident and the collapse of civilisation. – George Bernard Shaw

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Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once. – Cyril Connolly

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Everything you read in newspapers is absolutely true, except for that rare story of which you happen to have first-hand knowledge. – Erwin Knoll

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You should always believe all you read in the newspapers, as this makes them more interesting. – Rose Maccaulay

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Property is not the sacred right. When a rich man becomes poor it is a misfortune, it is not a moral evil. When a poor man becomes destitute, it is a moral evil, teeming with consequences and injurious to society and morality. – Lord Acton

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