Finley Peter Dunne said this quote

“ Th' newspaper does ivrything f'r us. It runs th' polis foorce an' th' banks, commands th' milishy, controls th' ligislachure, baptizes th' young, marries th' foolish, comforts th' afflicted, afflicts th' comfortable, buries th' dead an' roasts thim aftherward. ”

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The world is not growing worse and it is not growing better -- it is just turning around as usual.

~ Finley Peter Dunne

Stories are meant to comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable.

~ Finley Peter Dunne

Th' first thing to have in a libry is a shelf.Fr'm time to time this can be decorated with lithrachure.But th' shelf is th' main thing.

~ Finley Peter Dunne

Many a man that couldn't direct ye to th' drug store on th' corner when he was thirty will get a respectful hearin' when age has further impaired his mind.

~ Finley Peter Dunne