Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2013-02-28 Feb 28, 2013It is the absolute right of the state to supervise the formation of public opinion.~ Joseph Paul GoebbelsBut those dealing in the actual manufacture of mind are dealing in a very explosive material. The material is not merely the clay of which man is master, but the truths or semblances of truth which have a certain mastery over man. The material is explosive because it must be taken seriously. The men writing books really are throwing bombs.~ Gilbert Keith Chesterton[Tyranny is] to compel men not to think as they do, to compel men to express thoughts that are not their own.~ Milovan Djilas Feb 27, 2013We must not always judge of the generality of the opinion by the noise of the acclamation.~ Edmund BurkeThe one function that TV news performs very well is that when there is no news we give it to you with the same emphasis as if there were.~ David BrinkleyEverybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.~ Gertrude Stein Feb 26, 2013People everywhere confuse, What they read in newspapers with news.~ A. J. LieblingThe first duty of a newspaper is to be accurate. If it is accurate, it follows that it is fair.~ Herbert B. SwopeIn the United States there is no phenomenon more threatening to popular government than the unwillingness of newspapers to give the facts to their readers.~ Nelson Antrim Crawford Feb 25, 2013Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle.~ Thomas JeffersonNewspapers have degenerated. They may now be absolutely relied upon.~ Oscar WildeThe most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating people to approach printed matter with distrust.~ Samuel Butler Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print