18 Robert C. Maynard Quotes on Life & Truth (JOURNALIST)

Top 12 Wise Robert C. Maynard Quotes on Life & Journalism (WISDOM)

“It is in seeing ourselves whole that we can begin to see ways of working out our differences, of understanding our similarities and of finally forming the cohesive nation that can one day experience the ‘domestic tranquility’ so hoped for by the framers of the Constitution.”
Robert C. Maynard

Journalism is not a profession or a trade. It is a crusade for truth. — Journalism is not a profession or a trade. It is a crusade for **truth**.

Our goal is to give all Americans front-door access to the truth. — Our **goal** is to give all Americans front-door access to the **truth**.

The first thing journalism is about is accuracy and fairness, but that's not enough. It has to be about context, it has to be about depth, it has to be about understanding. — The first thing journalism is about is accuracy and fairness, but that’s not enough. It has to be about context, it has to be about depth, it has to be about understanding.

If you want to be a journalist, you have to believe in the power of journalism to do good and the power of truth to prevail over all else. — If you want to be a journalist, you have to **believe** in the power of journalism to do good and the power of truth to prevail over all else.

Human rights rest on human dignity. The dignity of man is an ideal worth fighting for and worth dying for.

The job of the press is to inform, to criticize, to arouse, to provide context, to analyze, to entertain and to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas.

Only when we lose hope in great possibilities are we really doomed. Reversals and tough times inspire some people to work harder for what they believe in. — Only when we lose **hope** in great possibilities are we really doomed. Reversals and tough times **inspire** some people to work harder for what they **believe** in.

The purpose of journalism is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. — The **purpose** of journalism is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.

Journalism is not just a job, it is a public trust. We have a responsibility to report the truth, to be fair and accurate, to be independent and fearless, and to hold those in power accountable. — Journalism is not just a job, it is a public **trust**. We have a **responsibility** to report the truth, to be fair and accurate, to be independent and fearless, and to hold those in power accountable.

The country's greatest achievements came about because somebody believed in something, whether it was in a steam engine, an airplane or a space shuttle. — The country’s greatest achievements came about because somebody believed in something, whether it was in a steam engine, an airplane or a space shuttle.

This country cannot be the country we want it to be if its story is told by only one group of citizens. Our goal is to give all Americans front door access to the truth. — This country cannot be the country we want it to be if its story is told by only one group of citizens. Our goal is to give all Americans front door access to the **truth**.

6 Thought-provoking Robert C. Maynard Quotes That Will Make You Think

“The society is split along five faults, and we try in vain to paper them over, fill them in or pretend they aren’t there. [These] underlying forces, like those in the center of the earth, will thwart us until we come to see our differences as deep, but completely natural things, as natural as geologic fault lines. We don’t have to resolve our differences. We can agree to disagree.”
Robert C. Maynard