Mahatma Gandhi Quotes About Journalism

• I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Photography, Believe, Equality

• The press is called the Fourth Estate. It is definitely a power, but, to misuse that power is criminal.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Criminals, Journalism, Misuse

  Mahatma Gandhi (1968). “The Selected Works of Mahatma Gandhi: Satyagraha in South Africa”

• Freedom of the press is a precious privilege that no country can forego.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Country, Privilege, Journalism

  Mahatma Gandhi (1959). “India of My Dreams”, p.263, Rajpal & Sons

• In the East, as in the West, newspapers are fast becoming people's Bible, Koran, Zend-Avesta and Gita all rolled into one.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  People, East, Gita

• Newspapers have become more important to the average man than the scriptures.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Men, Average, Important

  Mahatma Gandhi (1968). “The Selected Works of Mahatma Gandhi: Satyagraha in South Africa”

• The sole aim of journalism should be service.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Journalism, Should, Sole

  Mahatma Gandhi (1959). “India of My Dreams”, p.262, Rajpal & Sons

• A journalist's peculiar function is to read the mind of the country and to give definite and fearless expression to that mind.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Country, Expression, Giving

  Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi”

• Journalism should never be prostituted for selfish ends or for the sake of merely earning a livelihood or, worse still, for amassing money.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Selfish, Sake, Earning

  Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works”

• The newspaperman has become a walking plague. He spreads the contagion of lies and calumnies.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Lying, Journalism, Calumny

  Mahatma Gandhi, U. R. Rao (1963). “The Way to Communal Harmony”, Ahmedabad, [India] : Navajivan Publishing House

• Journalism has a distinct place in familiarizing and expressing public opinion.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Public Opinion, Opinion, Journalism

  Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “Collected Works”

• Newspapers today have almost replaced the Bible, the Koran, the Gita and other religious scriptures.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Religious, Gita, Today

  Mahatma Gandhi, U. R. Rao (1963). “The Way to Communal Harmony”, Ahmedabad, [India] : Navajivan Publishing House

• Journalism has become the art of "intelligent anticipation of events."

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Art, Intelligent, Events

  Mahatma Gandhi (1958). “Collected Works”

• Newspapers should be read for the study of facts. They should not be allowed to kill the habit of independent thinking.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Independent, Thinking, Facts

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