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Joseph Pulitzer Quotes: A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will produce in time a people as base as itself.
         

A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will produce in time a people as base as itself.


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There is not a crime, there is not a dodge, there is not a trick, there is not a swindle, there is not a vice which does not live by secrecy.

There is not a crime, there is not a dodge, there is not a trick, there is not a swindle, there is not a vice which does not live by secrecy.



The power to mould the future of the Republic will be in the hands of the journalists of future generations.

The power to mould the future of the Republic will be in the hands of the journalists of future generations.



Publicity, publicity, PUBLICITY is the greatest moral factor and force in our public life.

Publicity, publicity, PUBLICITY is the greatest moral factor and force in our public life.



Our republic and its press will rise and fall together.

Our republic and its press will rise and fall together.



My especial object is to help the poor; the rich can help themselves. I believe in self-made men.

My especial object is to help the poor; the rich can help themselves. I believe in self-made men.



A newspaper that is true to its purpose concerns itself not only with the way things are but with the way they ought to be.

A newspaper that is true to its purpose concerns itself not only with the way things are but with the way they ought to be.



I want to talk to a nation, not to a select committee.

I want to talk to a nation, not to a select committee.



I desire to assist in attracting to this profession young men of character and ability, also to help those already engaged in the profession to acquire the highest moral and intellectual training

I desire to assist in attracting to this profession young men of character and ability, also to help those already engaged in the profession to acquire the highest moral and intellectual training





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