A free press is the cornerstone of democracy; there is no question about that. — Hugh Grant Copy Share Image
[Vladimir] Putin is an enemy of the free press. The U.S. celebrates free press. — Benjamin E. Sasse Copy Share Image
“A free press is equally free to print the truth or ignore it, as it chooses.” — T. R. Fehrenbach 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
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
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 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
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
No substantial famine has ever occurred in a democratic country - no matter how poor. — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
I believe that one of the most important institutions in a democratic society is a free press. — Jeremy Scahill 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
The crisis of modern democracy is a profound one. Free elections, a free press and an independent judiciary mean little when the… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
There is an attempt to tarnish Turkey by using press freedom when it is in fact measures taken against terrorism, i dispute… — Recep Tayyip Erdogan Copy Share Image
The ability of the press to print their stories without the government trying to get them to betray their sources is as… — Rod Lurie Copy Share Image
The rise to prominence of the Saudi novel in Arabic is the great man-bites-dog of recent world literature. Saudi Arabia is a… — James Buchan 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
The very purpose of a Bill of Rights was to withdraw certain subjects from the vicissitudes of political controversy. One's right to… — Robert H. Jackson Copy Share Image
We talk about a free press. These people hide, they make a lot of money off the media. They hide behind the… — Robert Scheer 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
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
“Agood part of the British case for having created India’s political unity and democracy lies in the evolution of three of democracy’s… — Shashi Tharoor Copy Share Image
“In regard to propaganda the early advocates of universal literacy and a free press envisaged only two possibilities: the propaganda might be… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“In regard to propaganda the early advocates of universal literacy and a free press envisaged only two possibilities: the propaganda might be… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“We live in what is called a democracy, rule by the majority of the people. A fine ideal if it could be… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
“The flood of money from Amway’s founders failed, though, to quash an investigation by the Canadian government into a tax-fraud scheme in… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
“Once the government can demand of a publisher the names of the purchasers of his publications, the free press as we know… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
“Jon Stewart: [at anchor desk] The media, of course, must walk a fine line covering this story. With more we turn to… — Chris Smith Copy Share Image