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We live under a government of men and morning newspapers. - Wendel

We live under a government of men and morning newspapers. – Wendell Phillips

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Seldom ever was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment. – Wendell Phillips

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The only reason this country is different from any place else is that once in a great while, this huge, snobbish, generally untalented news reporting business stops covering stories of interest only to itself and actually serves the public. – Jimmy Breslin

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Weve uncovered some embarrassing ancestors in the not-too-distant past. Some horse thieves, and some people killed on Saturday nights. One of my relatives, unfortunately, was even in the newspaper business. – Jimmy Carter

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The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything. Except what is worth knowing. Journalism, conscious of this, and having tradesman-like habits, supplies their demands. – Oscar Wilde, The Soul of Man Under Socialism, 1891

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Some newspapers are fit only to line the bottom of bird cages. – Spiro T. Agnew

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