E. W. Scripps quotes
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“Do good to your friend to keep him, and to your enemy to make him your friend.”
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“A man can do anything he wants to do in this world, at least if he wants to do it badly enough.”
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“The press of this countrty is now and always has been so thoroughly dominated by the wealthy few of the country that it cannot be depended upon to give the great mass of the people the correct information concerning political, economical, and social subjects which it is necessary that the mass of people shall have, in order that they shall vote and in all ways act in the best way to protect themselves from the brutal force and chicanery of the ruling and employing class.”
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“In America the press rules the countrty; it rules its politics, its religion, its social practices.”
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Source : A. J. Liebling (2004). “Mollie and Other War Pieces”, p.121, U of Nebraska Press
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“Even if my country remains in war with yours. . .remember. . . i am not your enemy.”
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“The loss of enemies does not compensate for the loss of friends.”
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“Our strategy is to destroy the enemy from within, to conquer him through himself.”
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