John Boyle O'Reilly - For all time to come, the freedom and purity of the press are the test of n

For all time to come, the freedom and purity of the press are the test of national virtue and independence. No writer for the press, however humble, is free from the burden of keeping his purpose high and his integrity white.

- John Boyle O'Reilly

source: "Life of John Boyle O'Reilly, together with his complete poems and speeches edited by Mrs John Boyle O'Reilly" by James Jeffrey Roche, New York, (p. 195), 1891.

topic: Integrity, Humble, White