Joseph Pulitzer Quotes
It is to such men as Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson and Jackson and Franklin, all most lowly born, that we owe most of our greatness as a nation.
Topics
Democracy, Democracies
Freedom, Liberty
Opportunity
Patriotism
American Exceptionalism
American History
Founding Fathers
Abraham Lincoln
Self Made Men
Social Mobility
Jesse Jackson
Great Leaders
Equality of Opportunity
Historical Figures
Influential Leaders
National Greatness
National Heroes
National Legacy
American greatness
Citations
Seitz, Don Carlos. Joseph Pulitzer: His Life and Letters. Simon & Schuster, 1924, p. 433.
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Joseph Pulitzer was a newspaper publisher of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the New York World. He became a leading national figure in the Democratic Party and was elected congressman from New York. He crusaded against big business and corruption, and helped keep the Statue of Liberty in New York.