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The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines

The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating people to approach printed matter with distrust. – Samuel Butler

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It is immoral to get drunk because the headache comes after the drinking, but if the headache came first and the drunkenness afterwards, it would be moral to get drunk. – Samuel Butler

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Alcohol/Alcoholism
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Samuel Butler
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An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books. – Samuel Butler

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God
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Samuel Butler
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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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Every newspaper editor owes tribute to the devil. – Jean de la Fontaine

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Media

The media network has its idols, but its principal idol is its own style which generates an aura of winning and leaves the rest in darkness. It recognizes neither pity nor pitilessness. – John Berger

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Media

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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