“Only a free press could check abuses of executive power, Hamilton asserted.” — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
A free press is one that prints a dictator's speech but doesn't have to. — Laurence J. Peter Copy Share Image
I believe that as slow and frustrating as it sometimes is, our democracy, our free press and the rule of law work.… — Tom Suozzi Copy Share Image
Flaws and all, I believe the free press is our country's most important institution - one I am more than happy to… — William H. McRaven Copy Share Image
No matter how imperfect things are, if you've got a free press everything is correctable, and without it everything is concealable. — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
We have to uphold a free press and freedom of speech - because, in the end, lies and misinformation are no match… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The essence of the free press is the reliable, reasonable and moral nature of freedom. — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
I remain optimistic that ultimately free speech and a free press where individuals have access to the dialogue will have a self-correcting… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
We are lucky to have a free press. But in some parts of it, you have to search hard to find items… — Anna Soubry Copy Share Image
“The free press guarantee does not only protect corporate reporters but anyone engaged in journalism, whether employed or not.” — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
Free press is not absolute. In this country, we say clearly if you start stirring up racial hatred, then we will put… — Mahathir Mohamad Copy Share Image
Regardless of all of the ways that the media have changed in recent years, one thing that will never go out of… — Candice S. Miller Copy Share Image
The greater the importance to safeguarding the community from incitements to the overthrow of our institutions by force and violence, the more… — Charles Evans Hughes Copy Share Image
¦we in the West have deluded ourselves into believing that we actually have a truly free press. We dont. And we can… — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
A free press is not a privilege but an organic necessity in a great society. Without criticism and reliable and intelligent reporting,… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
Perhaps the best thing which can be said about newspapers in the United States is that they are in chronic disagreement with… — Jim Bishop Copy Share Image
The press doesn't stop publishing, by the way, in a fascist escalation; it simply watches what it says. That too can be… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
You hear about constitutional rights, free speech and the free press. Every time I hear these words I say to myself, 'That… — Frank Hague Copy Share Image
“If you want to look at a Detroit Free Press published since 2000," the reference librarian said, "you can use a database."… — JoAnna Carl Copy Share Image
Famines are easy to prevent if there is a serious effort to do so, and a democratic government, facing elections and criticisms… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
As people get their opinions so largely from the newspapers they read, the corruption of the schools would not matter so much… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“Elephant Memories. William Morrow, 1988. Moss, Cynthia J., Harvey Croze, and Phyllis C. Lee, eds. The Amboseli Elephants. University of Chicago Press,… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“In a representative democracy, the media is in a unique position to shine a light on those with power and how they… — Richard Haas Copy Share Image
Free inquiry entails recognition of civil liberties as integral to its pursuit, that is, a free press, freedom of communication, the right… — Paul Kurtz Copy Share Image
Their constant yelping about a free press means, with a few honorable exceptions, freedom to peddle scandal, crime, sex, sensationalism, hate, innuendo… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
In examining the CIA's past and present use of the U.S. media, the Committee finds two reasons for concern. The first is… — Frank Church Copy Share Image
One of the unsung freedoms that go with a free press is the freedom not to read it. — Ferdinand Mount Copy Share Image
The press is not only free, it is powerful. That power is ours. It is the proudest that man can enjoy. — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
I tell you, in my opinion, the cornerstone of democracy is free press - that's the cornerstone. — Milos Forman Copy Share Image
A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom, the press will never be anything but… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
The first thing dictators do is finish free press, to establish censorship. There is no doubt that a free press is the… — Fidel Castro Copy Share Image
The Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to bare the secrets of government and inform the people. — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
The durability of free speech and free press rests on the simple concept that it search for the truth and tell the… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
The president is supposed to stand up for the First Amendment and stand up for the free press - not put us… — Jim Acosta Copy Share Image
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