"A journalist's peculiar function is to read..." - Quote by Mahatma Gandhi

“It is beneath human dignity to lose one's individuality and become a mere cog in the machine.”

“The real property that a parent can transmit to all equally is his or her character and educational facilities.”

“Unless you go on discovering new applications of the law of nonviolence, you do not profit by it.”

“Journalists are too poorly paid in this country to know anything that is fit for publication.”

“There are only two forces that can carry light to all the corners of the globe... the sun in the heavens and the Associated Press down here.”

“With the possible exception of things like box scores, race results, and stock market tabulations, there is no such thing as Objective Journalism. The phrase itself is a pompous contradiction in terms.”

“I am the one person who can truthfully say, I got my job through the New York Times.”

“The press is like a woman: sublime when it lies, it will not let go until it has forced you to believe it. The public, like a foolish husband, always succumbs.”

“Reporters aren't stupid. We were standing around talking about which of the 900 health-care proposals that nobody's going to accept is that day's hot news. They know how silly that is. But that's what they do.”