"The newspaperman has become a walking plague...." - Quote by Mahatma Gandhi
The newspaperman has become a walking plague. He spreads the contagion of lies and calumnies.
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“A dissolute character is more dissolute in thought than in deed. And the same is true of violence. Our violence in word and deed is but a feeble echo of the surging violence of thought in us.”
“I look upon an increase in the power of the State with the greatest fear because, although while apparently doing good by minimizing exploitation, it does the greatest harm to mankind by destroying individuality which lies at the heart of all progress.”
“When real independence comes to India, the Congress and the League will be nowhere unless they represent the real opinion of the country.”
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“If by the liberty of the press were understood merely the liberty of discussing the propriety of public measures and political opinions, let us have as much of it as you please: But if it means the liberty of affronting, calumniating and defaming one another, I, for my part, own myself willing to part with my share of it, whenever our legislators shall please so to alter the law and shall chearfully consent to exchange my liberty of abusing others for the privilege of not being abused myself.”
“A free press is one of the pillars of democracy.”
“Freedom of the press is perhaps the freedom that has suffered the most from the gradual degradation of the idea of liberty.”
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“I am sure that I never read any memorable news in a newspaper.”
“By...our readiness to allow arms to be purchased at will and fired at whim; by allowing our movie and television screens to teach our children that the hero is one who masters the art of shooting and the technique of killing...we have created an atmosphere in which violence and hatred have become popular pastimes.”
“Any person that don't read at least one well-written country newspaper is not truly informed.”