A People's Speech Is The Skin Of

Power Politics Existed Before Machiavelli Was Ever Heard Of; It Will Exist Long After His Name Is Only A Faint Memory. What He Did, Like Harvey, Was To Recognize Its Existence And Subject It To Scientific Study.

America Shudders At Anything Alien, And When It Wants To Shut Its Mind Against Any Man's Ideas It Calls Him A Foreigner.

The Problem Of Freedom In America Is That Of Maintaining A Competition Of Ideas, And You Do Not Achieve That By Silencing One Brand Of Idea.

In Societies Like The American And West European Where The Dynamics Of Energy Come From Freedom And Where The Climate And The Whole Ethos Are Those Of Freedom, Censorship Is Bound To Be At Worst, Stupid; At Best, Futile; And Always, To Some Degree, Inconsonant With The Character Of The Society As A Whole.

The Seven Deadly Sins Of The Press: - Concentrated Power Of The Big Press. - Passing Of Competition And The Coming Of Monopoly. - Governmental Control Of The Press. - Timidity, Especially In The Face Of Group And Corporate Pressures. - Big Business Mentality. - Clannishness Among The Newspaper Publishers That Has Prevented Them From Criticizing Each Other. - Social Blindness.