10 Quotes by C. P. Scott

The Guardian's not just read by snurbs an' short liftaz. It's read by aall sorts...aall reet, it's a canny bit left o' cent-ah an' high-broo, but it's progressive, an' it doesn't look doon on its readaz. An' it NEVAH tells 'em wot t'fuckin think. An' it nevah acts as a moothpiece f'neebody. Government nor propriet-ah.

Comment is free, but facts are sacred.

Neither in what it gives, nor in what it does not give, nor in the mode of presentation, must the unclouded face of truth suffer wrong. Comment is free, but facts are sacred.

When you say you'll meet someone at 11:00 AM, be there at 10:45. When you promise a check on the 30th, send it on the 28th. Whatever you agree to do, do it a bit more. Start with your employees, then extend it to everyone you deal with. News will soon get around that you are a person of your word.

The newspaper is of necessity something of a monopoly, and its first duty is to shun the temptations of monopoly. Its primary office is the gathering of news. At the peril of its soul it must see that the supply is not tainted. Neither in what it gives, nor in what it does not give, nor in the mode of presentation, must the unclouded face of truth suffer wrong. Comment is free but facts are sacred.

Comment is free but facts are sacred.

Television: The word is half Greek, half Latin. No good can come of it.

When you say you’ll meet someone at 11:00 AM, be there at 10:45. When you promise a check on the 30th, send it on the 28th. Whatever you agree to do, do it a bit more. Start with your employees, then extend it to everyone you deal with. News will soon get around that you are a person of your word.

Television? The word is half Greek, half Latin. No good can come of it.