01UndatedLooking to advance in journalism, one future editor displayed skilled as varied as economic analysis and humorous commentary.Harold Holzer / quote ↗
02UndatedStephen Douglas's oratory was designed for the galleries, Lincoln's for his peersHarold Holzer / quote ↗
03UndatedOne of Lincoln's intimates as a presidential candidate urged him to make no promises and not to part with those kind words which could be interpreted as promises.Harold Holzer / quote ↗
05UndatedThe letter is too belligerent. If I were you, I would state the facts as they were, without the pepper and salt. Abraham LincolnHarold Holzer / quote ↗
06UndatedLincoln had an almost childlike habit of regaling visitors with any sharp saying he'd uttered during the day, taking simple-hearted pleasure in some of his best hits.Harold Holzer / quote ↗
07UndatedA rival editor in Philadelphia said that the spreading railroad network carried "New York everywhere" in terms of the city's predominant influence.Harold Holzer / quote ↗
08UndatedJohn Hay calls the telegraph reporter, "the natural enemy of the scribe.Harold Holzer / quote ↗
09UndatedOne paper boasted that its subscription and advertising numbers proved that America did not need the social change it rival paper advocated.Harold Holzer / quote ↗
10UndatedLincoln jibed that a general INVADED Canada without resistance and out-vaded it without pursuit.Harold Holzer / quote ↗
11UndatedA writer at the time said, "Lincoln means to sink the man in the public officer.Harold Holzer / quote ↗
12UndatedSamuel FB Morse's SECOND question over the telegraph was, "Have you any news?Harold Holzer / quote ↗
13UndatedThe author observers that better technology actually increased division because rival outlets funded by rival parties could get their slant to the partisansHarold Holzer / quote ↗
14UndatedNo greater mistake can be made than to assume that newspapers are correct indices of public opinion.Harold Holzer / quote ↗
16UndatedOne writer may speak of something more lasting than Horace Greeley when he writes of that editor that his secular philanthropy drifted into autocratic ambition.Harold Holzer / quote ↗
17UndatedThe infant New York Times boasted that no newspaper printing what was really worth reading ever perished for lack of readers.Harold Holzer / quote ↗
