Quote#Wisdom
It is the great inspector, with a myriad eyes, who never sleeps, and…
Quote byWilliam Thomas Stead · 1849–1912
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Government by Journalism (1886), p. 673.
English (original)
It is the great inspector, with a myriad eyes, who never sleeps, and whose daily reports are submitted, not to a functionary or department, but to the whole people.
— William Thomas Stead
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