CP Scott Quotations

[A newspaper's] primary office is the gathering of news. At the peril of its soul it must see that the supply is not tainted.

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

Truth like everything should be economized.

Comment is free, but facts are sacred.

Charles Prestwich Scott (26 October 1846 – 1 January 1932) was a British journalist, publisher and politician. Born in Bath, Somerset, he was the editor of the Manchester Guardian from 1872 until 1929 and its owner from 1907 until his death. He was also a Liberal Member of Parliament and pursued a progressive liberal agenda in the pages of the newspaper.