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"A newspaper is an adviser who does not require to be sought, but who comes of his own accord, and talks to you briefly every day of the common weal, without distracting you from your private affairs."—De Tocqueville.

"Ivrybody is inthrested in what ivrybody else is doin' that's wrong. That's what makes th' newspapers."

"D'ye think people likes th' newspapers iv th' prisint time?" asked Mr. Hennessy.

"D'ye think they're printed f'r fun?" said Mr. Dooley.—F. P. Dunne.