I would rather have one article a day of this sort; and these ten or twenty lines might readily represent a whole day’s hard work in the way of concentrated, intense thinking and revision, polish of style, weighing of words.
Meaning of the quote
Joseph Pulitzer, an American publisher, says he would prefer to have one well-written article each day rather than many articles that are not carefully made. He believes that just 10 or 20 lines of an article could represent a full day's hard work of deep thinking, editing, choosing the right words, and polishing the writing style. Pulitzer values quality over quantity when it comes to publishing important information.
About Joseph Pulitzer
Joseph Pulitzer was a Hungarian-American politician and newspaper publisher who founded the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the New York World. He is best known for establishing the Pulitzer Prizes, which recognize excellence in journalism, literature, and the arts. Pulitzer’s newspapers were at the forefront of the yellow journalism era, which used sensationalism to attract readers and increase circulation.
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Publicity, publicity, publicity is the greatest moral factor and force in our public life.
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Our Republic and its press will rise or fall together.
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A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will in time produce a people as base as itself.
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The power to mould the future of the Republic will be in the hands of the journalists of future generations.
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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.
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I desire to assist in attracting to this profession young men of character and ability, also to help those already engaged in the profession to acquire the highest moral and intellectual training.
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I am deeply interested in the progress and elevation of journalism, having spent my life in that profession, regarding it as a noble profession and one of unequaled importance for its influence upon the minds and morals of the people.
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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.
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