E. W. Scripps famous quotes

Do good to your friend to keep him, and to your enemy to make him your friend.
-- E. W. Scripps

#Enemy

A man can do anything he wants to do in this world, at least if he wants to do it badly enough.
-- E. W. Scripps

#Determination #Men #World

The press of this countrty is now and always has been so thoroughly dominated by the wealthy few of the country that it cannot be depended upon to give the great mass of the people the correct information concerning political, economical, and social subjects which it is necessary that the mass of people shall have, in order that they shall vote and in all ways act in the best way to protect themselves from the brutal force and chicanery of the ruling and employing class.
-- E. W. Scripps

#Country #Order #Class

In America the press rules the countrty; it rules its politics, its religion, its social practices.
-- E. W. Scripps

#Practice #America #Social

The science of booby-trapping has taken a good deal of the fun out of following hot on the enemy's heels.

Look for the enemies of Medicare, of higher minimum wages, of Social Security, of federal aid to education and there you will find the enemy of the Negro, the coalition of Dixiecrats and reactionary Republicans that seek to dominate the Congress.

Even if my country remains in war with yours. . .remember. . . i am not your enemy.

I am still bullied occasionally. However, none of my current bullies really exist. They’re all in my head. Be your own best friend instead of your worst enemy.

Destroy your enemy by making him your friend.

The loss of enemies does not compensate for the loss of friends.

Many pilots of the time were the opinion that a fighter pilot in a closed cockpit was an impossible thing, because you should smell the enemy. You could smell them because of the oil they were burning.

Our strategy is to destroy the enemy from within, to conquer him through himself.

I want war. To me all means will be right. My motto is not "Don't, whatever you do, annoy the enemy." My motto is "Destroy him by all and any means." I am the one who will wage the war!

A defeat in war is not the greatest of all evils; but when the defeat has been inflicted by enemies who are not worthy of you, then the calamity is doubled.