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It is impossible to abolish either with a law or an axe the desires of men.


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There can be no liberty for a community which lacks the means by which to detect lies.



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When all think alike, then no one is thinking



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The news and the truth are not the same thing.



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The present crisis of Western democracy is a crisis in journalism.



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To create a minimum standard of life below which no human being can fall is the most elementary duty of the democratic state.



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It is often very illuminating...to ask yourself how you got at the facts on which you base your opinion. Who actually saw, heard, felt, counted, named the thing, about which you have an opinion?





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