Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by George Seldes

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American journalist George Seldes.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
George Seldes

Henry George Seldes was an American investigative journalist, foreign correspondent, editor, author, and media critic best known for the publication of the newsletter In Fact from 1940 to 1950. He was an investigative reporter of the kind known in early 20th century as a muckraker, using his journalism to fight injustice and justify reform.

And so [my brother] Gilbert and I, brought up without a formal religion, remained throughout our lifetimes just what Father was, freethinkers. And, likewise, doubters and dissenters and perhaps Utopians. Father's rule had been 'Question everything, take nothing for granted,' and I never outlived it, and I would suggest it be made the motto of a world journalists' association.
A people that wants to be free must arm itself with a free press. — © George Seldes
A people that wants to be free must arm itself with a free press.
To know what Fascism really is we must first of all know what it is we are fighting, what the Fascist regimes really are and do, who puts up the money and backs Fascism in every country, and who owns the nations under such regimes, and why the natives of all Fascist countries must be driven into harder work, less money, reduced standards of living, poverty and desperation so that the men and corporations who found, subsidize and own Fascism can grow unbelievably rich.
No school can supply an anti-liberal education, or a fascist education, as these terms are contradictory. Liberalism and education are one.
The truth is not in the commercial media because the truth is a dagger pointed at its heart, which is its pocketbook.
The Republican and Democratic parties both feed out of the same bag provided by the monied system, and where the list frequently differs the same interests are represented.
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