Thenewspaper is of necessitysomethingof a monopoly, and its first duty is to shun the temptations of a monopoly. Its primary office is the gathering of News. At the peril of its soul it must see that the supply is not tainted. Neither in what it gives, nor in what it does not give, nor in the mode of presentation, must the unclouded face of Truth suffer wrong.Comment is free, but facts are sacred.

-Scott, C(harles) P(restwich)
  Of the newspaper industry. In the Manchester Guardian, special centenary issue, 6 May.

A man who has no office to go toöI don't care who he isöis a trial of which you can have no conception.

-Shaw, George Bernard
  The Irrational Knot, ch.18.

For will anyone dare to tell me that business is more entertaining than fooling among boats? He must have never seen a boat, or never seen an office, who says so. And for certain the one is a great deal better for the health.

-Stevenson, Robert Louis
  An InlandVoyage,'The Royal Sport Nautique'.

You don't have power if you surrender all your principlesöyou have office.

-Todd, Ron(ald)
  Speech, London, Jun.