“No school can supply an anti-liberal education, or a fascist education, as these terms are contradictory. Liberalism and education are one.””
Quotes by George Seldes
“The truth is not in the commercial media because the truth is a dagger pointed at its heart, which is its pocketbook.””
Facts and Fascism
“The Republican and Democratic parties both feed out of the same bag provided by the monied system, and where the list frequently differs the same interests are represented.””
“great riches there is no real use, except it be in the distribution; the rest is but conceit. The ways to enrich are many, and most of them foul. “Of Riches””
The Great Thoughts, Revised and Updated: From Abelard to Zola, from Ancient Greece to Contemporary America, the Ideas That Have Shaped the History of the World
“The world is white no longer, and it will never be white again. Nobody Knows My Name (1961)””
The Great Thoughts, Revised and Updated: From Abelard to Zola, from Ancient Greece to Contemporary America, the Ideas That Have Shaped the History of the World
“Above all things, good policy is to be used that the treasure and monies in a state be not gathered into few hands.… And money is like muck, not good except it be spread. “Of Seditions and Troubles””
The Great Thoughts, Revised and Updated: From Abelard to Zola, from Ancient Greece to Contemporary America, the Ideas That Have Shaped the History of the World
George Seldes
Henry George Seldes was an American investigative journalist, foreign correspondent, editor, author, and media critic best known for the publication of the newsletter In Fact from 1940 to 1950. He was...