Harold Evans

“The camera cannot lie, but it can be an accessory to untruth.”

“All of us in journalism have a duty to tell the truth, and not just the truth as we see it, but the truth as we can best discover it.”

“Clarity is the first casualty of haste.”

“A picture is not a fact but an interpretation of a fact.”

“We are in the truth-telling business.”

“There is no monopoly on truth.”

“Good writing is a kind of sculpture. You have to chip away at the raw material to reveal the form.”

“Editing is the same as quarreling with writers - same thing exactly.”

“Words are the wings of the mind.”

“The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.”

“A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself.”

“You have to be prepared to go to jail for what you believe in.”

“Without an unfettered press, without liberty of speech, all of the outward forms and structures of free institutions are a sham, a pretense.”

“Investigative journalism is a state of mind.”

“The duty of the press is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.”