“A newspaper is not just for reporting the news as it is, but to make people mad enough to do something about it.”

“Eventually, I sickened of people, myself included, who didn't think enough of themselves to make something of themselves- people who did only what they had to and never what they could have done. I learned from them the infected loneliness that comes at the end of every misspent day. I knew I could do better.”

“I desire to tamper with the jury law. I wish to alter it as to put a premium on intelligence and character, and close the jury box against idiots, blacklegs, and people who do not read newspapers.”

“If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed.”

“That is just the way with some people. They get down on a thing when they don’t know nothing about it.”

“Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.”

“The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.”