Quote#Speech
It is the initial letters of the four points of the compass that make…
Quote byBenjamin Disraeli · 1804–1881
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Speech in the House of Commons (26 March 1855).
English (original)
It is the initial letters of the four points of the compass that make the word "news," and he must understand that news is that which collies from the North, East, West and South, and if it comes from only one point of the compass, then it is a class publication, and not news.
— Benjamin Disraeli
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