“One of the objects of a newspaper is to understand popular feeling and to give expression to it; another is to arouse among the people certain desirable sentiments; and the third is fearlessly to expose popular defects.”

Sect. 1
1900s, Hind Swaraj (1908)

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "One of the objects of a newspaper is to understand popular feeling and to give expression to it; another is to arouse a…" by Mahatma Gandhi?
Mahatma Gandhi photo
Mahatma Gandhi 238
pre-eminent leader of Indian nationalism during British-rul… 1869–1948

Related quotes

Felix Frankfurter photo

“In a democratic society like ours, relief must come through an aroused popular conscience that sears the conscience of the people's representatives.”

Felix Frankfurter (1882–1965) American judge

Dissenting, Baker v. Carr, 369 U.S. 186 (1962).
Judicial opinions

Merlin Mann photo

“Typing in all lowercase is popular among young people, SMS users, and anyone who feels literacy has become too time-consuming.”

Merlin Mann (1966) American blogger

Twitter http://favstar.fm/users/hotdogsladies/status/890278849
Tweeting as @hotdogsladies

Paz de la Huerta photo

“I feel the popular music of a certain time really tells you a lot about what life was like in that period.”

Paz de la Huerta (1984) American actress

HBO interview http://www.hbo.com/boardwalk-empire/inside/cast-interviews/interview/paz-de-la-huerta.html

Oscar Wilde photo
John Betjeman photo

“"As the crow flies"—a popular and picturesque expression to denote a straight line.”

William Henry Maule (1788–1858) British politician

Stokes v. Grissell (1854), 23 L. J. Rep. Part 7 (N. S.), Com. PL 144.

Abraham Lincoln photo

“A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations, and always changing easily with deliberate changes of popular opinions and sentiments, is the only true sovereign of a free people.”

Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) 16th President of the United States

1860s, First Inaugural Address (1861)
Context: Plainly, the central idea of secession is the essence of anarchy. A majority held in restraint by constitutional checks and limitations, and always changing easily with deliberate changes of popular opinions and sentiments, is the only true sovereign of a free people. Whoever rejects it does, of necessity, fly to anarchy or to despotism. Unanimity is impossible; the rule of a minority, as a permanent arrangement, is wholly inadmissible; so that, rejecting the majority principle, anarchy or despotism in some form is all that is left.

Dogen photo

“Because monks come from the midst of purity, they consider as good and pure what does not arouse desire among other people.”

Dogen (1200–1253) Japanese Zen buddhist teacher

IV, 11
Shobogenzo Zuimonki (1238)

Barack Obama photo

“I understand why war is not popular, but I also know this: The belief that peace is desirable is rarely enough to achieve it. Peace requires responsibility. Peace entails sacrifice.”

Barack Obama (1961) 44th President of the United States of America

2009, Nobel Prize acceptance speech (December 2009)
Context: I understand why war is not popular, but I also know this: The belief that peace is desirable is rarely enough to achieve it. Peace requires responsibility. Peace entails sacrifice. That's why NATO continues to be indispensable. That's why we must strengthen U. N. and regional peacekeeping, and not leave the task to a few countries.

Roger Waters photo

Related topics