Quotes about journalism
52 quotes from 38 people
Vladimir Lenin1870–1924Collected Works, Vol. 32, pp. 504–9.They have an engine called the Press whereby the people are deceived.
C. S. Lewis1898–1963That Hideous Strength (1945), Ch. 13: They Have Pulled Down Deep Heaven on Their HeadsFreedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.
ALA. J. Liebling1904–1963Often credited to H. L. Mencken
Malcolm X1925–1965Speech at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem (13 December 1964), later published in Malcolm X Speaks: Selected Speeches and Statements (1965), edited by George Breitman, p. 93Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than an hundred thousand bayonets.
Napoleon1769–1821Appears to be fabricated as it is not known from surviving print before 19 March 1845 when it appeared in Mississippi Democrat in an article titled ‘The Press’ and in The North-Carolina Standard on its own as a column filler. On April 17, 1845 a longAs far as I am concerned now, I have no enemies in the press whatsoever.
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis1929–1994Instructions to press secretary Pamela Turnure; Quoted in A Hero for Our Time (1983) by Ralph G Martin
Will Rogers1879–1935Nationally syndicated column number 42, Blames All Ills on Earthquake (1923)
William Tecumseh Sherman1820–1891Letter to the City of Atlanta (September 1864)An editor is someone who separates the wheat from the chaff and then prints the chaff.
Tom Stoppard1937–2025Night and Day (1978), Act ITo be completely cured of newspapers, spend a year reading the previous week’s newspapers.
Nassim Nicholas Talebborn 1960The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms (2010), p. 21Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism.
Mark Twain1835–1910License of the Press (1873).
Gore Vidal1925–2012“Cue the Green God, Ted” (1991).
