Small Wars Are Always Teetering

What Counted Was Not The Facts But The Fears.

In Our Culture We Make Heroes Of The Men Who Sit On Top Of A Heap Of Money, And We Pay Attention Not Only To What They Say In Their Field Of Competence, But To Their Wisdom On Every Other Question In The World.

The Seven Deadly Sins Of The Press: - Concentrated Power Of The Big Press. - Passing Of Competition And The Coming Of Monopoly. - Governmental Control Of The Press. - Timidity, Especially In The Face Of Group And Corporate Pressures. - Big Business Mentality. - Clannishness Among The Newspaper Publishers That Has Prevented Them From Criticizing Each Other. - Social Blindness.

The Problem Of Freedom In America Is That Of Maintaining A Competition Of Ideas, And You Do Not Achieve That By Silencing One Brand Of Idea.

In Societies Like The American And West European Where The Dynamics Of Energy Come From Freedom And Where The Climate And The Whole Ethos Are Those Of Freedom, Censorship Is Bound To Be At Worst, Stupid; At Best, Futile; And Always, To Some Degree, Inconsonant With The Character Of The Society As A Whole.