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E. W. Scripps Quotes

1854–1926 United States

Edward Willis Scripps (June 18, 1854 – March 12, 1926) was an American newspaper publisher. He and his sister Ellen Browning Scripps founded the E.

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Random E. W. Scripps quote

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I learned how easy it was for any man to do what he wanted to do, provided he really wanted to do it badly enough.

Damned Old Crank (1951)

Do good to your friend to keep him, and to your enemy to make him your friend.

I believe that few people aside from myself have any idea of the tremendous, the almost invincible power and force of the daily press. I am one of those who believe that at least in America the press rules the country; it rules its politics, its religion, its social practice.

Damned Old Crank (1951)

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