For the newspaper is in all literalness the bible of democracy, the book out of which a people determines its conduct. It is the only serious book most people read. It is the only book they read every day.

A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.

Without criticism and reliable and intelligent reporting, the government cannot govern.

We forge gradually our greatest instrument for understanding the world - introspection. We discover that humanity may resemble us very considerably - that the best way of knowing the inwardness of our neighbors is to know ourselves.

Every man whose business it is to think knows that he must for part of the day create about himself a pool of silence.

The common interests very largely elude public opinion entirely, and can be managed only by a specialised class.

There is only one purpose to which a whole society can be directed by a deliberate plan. That purpose is war, and there is no other.