I shall not print it. I cannot, and will not, and dare not print it.
Dr. Stockmann.
You dare not? What nonsense is this? You are editor; and I suppose it’s the editor that controls a paper.
Aslaksen.
No, it’s the subscribers, Doctor.
Burgomaster.
Fortunately.
Aslaksen.
It’s public opinion, the enlightened majority, the house-owners and all the rest. It’s they who control a paper.
Dr. Stockmann.