09/27/1940
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"I do not think that anyone would seriously argue that the freedom of the press to criticize the Administration in office has, in any manner, been curtailed since the spring of 1933."
"I have always been firmly persuaded that our newspapers cannot be edited in the interests of the general public, from the counting room."
"Write factually, truthfully and simply."
"A free press is essential to us as a people and to the maintenance of our form of government."