“There is not a crime, there is not a dodge, there is not a trick, there is not a swindle, there is not a vice, that does not live by secrecy.”

—  Joseph Pulitzer

Brian, Denis. Pulitzer: A Life, p. 377. John Wiley and Sons, Oct 1, 2001

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