The Defense Department's plan to ban newspaper reporters from pool coverage of military operations is incredible. It reveals the administration to be out of touch with journalism, reality and the First Amendment. - Arthur Ochs Sulzberger
Anybody who claims to read the entire paper every day is either the world's fastest reader or the world's biggest liar. - Arthur Ochs Sulzberger
Journalism's ultimate purpose is to inform the reader, to bring him each day a letter from home and never to permit the serving of special interests. - Arthur Ochs Sulzberger
In dread fear of sentimentality, another thing true is not said-that for its staff the paper is a source of pride and, I do believe, an object of affection and-yes, love. - Arthur Ochs Sulzberger