The Power To Mould The

A Journalist Is The Lookout On The Bridge Of The Ship Of State. He Notes The Passing Sail, The Little Things Of Interest That Dot The Horizon In Fine Weather. He Reports The Drifting Castaway Whom The Ship Can Save. He Peers Through Fog And Storm To Give Warning Of Dangers Ahead. He Is Not Thinking Of His Wages Or Of The Profits Of His Owners. He Is There To Watch Over The Safety And The Welfare Of The People Who Trust Him.

We Are A Democracy, And There Is Only One Way To Get A Democracy On Its Feet In The Matter Of Its Individual, Its Social, Its Municipal, Its State, Its National Conduct, And That Is By Keeping The Public Informed About What Is Going On.there Isnot A Crime, There Isnot A Dodge, There Is Not A Trick, There Is Not A Swindle, There Is Not A Vice Which Does Not Live By Secrecy.get These Things Out In The Open, Describe Them, Attack Them, Ridicule Them In The Press, And Sooner Or Later Public Opinion Will Sweep Them Away.

Put It Before Them Briefly So They Will Read It, Clearly So They Will Appreciate It, Picturesquely So They Will Remember It And, Above All, Accurately So They Will Be Guided By Its Light.

The Power To Mould The Future Of The Republic Will Be In The Hands Of The Journalists Of Future Generations.

Our Republic And Its Press Will Rise Or Fall Together," Pulitzer Wrote. "an Able, Disinterested, Public-spirited Press, With Trained Intelligence To Know The Right And Courage To Do It, Can Preserve That Public Virtue Without Which Popular Government Is A Sham And A Mockery. A Cynical, Mercenary, Demagogic Press Will Produce In Time A People As Base As Itself. The Power To Mould The Future Of The Republic Will Be In The Hands Of The Journalists Of Future Generations.