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Quotes by Publisher

"There are some things the general public does not need to know and shouldn't. I believe democracy flourishes when the government can take legitimate steps to keep its secrets, and when the press can decide whether to print what it knows."

"Millions of public workers have become a kind of privileged new class - a new elite, who live better than their private sector counterparts. Public servants have become the public's masters. No wonder the public is upset."

"Don't be afraid to make a mistake, your readers might like it."

"Few there are that will endure a true friend."

"As for editorial content, that's the stuff you separate the ads with."

"Any time there's a scandal, we always try and get involved."

"I may be paralyzed from the waist down, but unlike Gray Davis, I'm not paralyzed from the neck up."

"The unique danger today is the possibility that we may face longer-term stagnation as a consequence of relying too heavily on borrowed money."

"If I displayed this cup, I might look at it once or twice a week. By using it, I get pleasure from it continually."

"A book is always a dialogue with other readers and other books."

"Vision - It reaches beyond the thing that is, into the conception of what can be. Imagination gives you the picture. Vision gives you the impulse to make the picture your own."

"Development in this county is always going to be an issue. Until development and zoning are handled on a regional basis, rather than each municipality left to its own devices, we will suffer from developers having the upper hand in suits and in front of zoning boards."

"I knew right away that it was a gorgeous idea."

"The interesting thing is how one guy, through living out his own fantasies, is living out the fantasies of so many other people."


"I'm a crusader. I really believe in the First Amendment, and I use it fully, and I pay a price for that."

"These days, government employees are better off in almost every area: pay, benefits, time off, and security, on top of working fewer hours. They can thrive even in a down economy."

"Always do sober what you said you'd do when you were drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut!"

"I believe democracy flourishes when the government can take legitimate steps to keep its secrets and when the press can decide whether to print what it knows."

"You carry your country with you, it's part of your baggage."

"The role we can play every day, if we try, is to take the whole experience of every day and shape it to involve American man. It is our job to interest him in his community and to give his ideas the excitement they should have."

"The publisher is a middleman, he calls the tune to which the whole rest of the trade dances; and he does so because he pays the piper."
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