Hodding Carter II

“The first and maybe the last duty of a newspaper is to be accurate.”

“There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children. One of these is roots; the other, wings.”

“The first requirement of a good citizen is that he shall be able to pull his own weight.”

“We are trying to prove that a city of the Deep South can solve its own racial problems if its people are properly led.”