I take a grave view of the plight of the press. It is the weak slat under the bed of democracy.

The function of the press in society is to inform, but its role is to make money.

There is a healthy American newspaper tradition of not taking yourself seriously It is the story you must take that way... And if you do take yourself seriously, according to this sound convention, you are supposed to do your best not to let anyone else know about it. (Like bed-wetting.)

One of the most valuable philosophical features of journalism is that it realizes that truth is not a solid but a fluid.

Surely the glory of journalism is its transience.

Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.

We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.

One reads the papers as one wants to with a bandage over one's eyes without trying to understand the facts, listening to the soothing words of the editor as to the words of one s mistress.

A newspaper column, like a fish, should be consumed when fresh; otherwise it is not only undi-gestible but unspeakable.

The trouble with daily journalism is that you get so involved with "Who hit John?" that you never really know why John had his chin out in the first place.