Newspapers Should Have No Friends.

I Am Deeply Interested In The Progress And Elevation Of Journalism, Having Spent My Life In That Profession, Regarding It As A Noble Profession And One Of Unequaled Importance For Its Influence Upon The Minds And Morals Of The People

I Want To Talk To A Nation, Not To A Select Committee.

An Able, Disinterested, Public-spirited Press, With Trained Intelligence To Know The Right And Courage To Do It, Can Preserve That Public Virtue Without Which Popular Government Is A Sham And A Mockery

A Journalist Is The Lookout On The Bridge Of The Ship Of State. He Notes The Passing Sail, The Little Things Of Interest That Dot The Horizon In Fine Weather. He Reports The Drifting Castaway Whom The Ship Can Save. He Peers Through Fog And Storm To Give Warning Of Dangers Ahead. He Is Not Thinking Of His Wages Or Of The Profits Of His Owners. He Is There To Watch Over The Safety And The Welfare Of The People Who Trust Him.

Our Republic And Its Press Will Rise And Fall Together.