“freedom of the press from prior censorship was instituted in 1695.” — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Those who suppress freedom always do so in the name of law and order. — John Lindsay Copy Share Image
Freedom of the press is the staff of life, for any vital democracy. — Wendell Willkie Copy Share Image
Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The freedom of the press works in such a way that there is not much freedom from it. — Grace Kelly Copy Share Image
Freedom of the press is to the machinery of the state what the safety valve is to the steam engine. — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
I think that in today's world the right to privacy and freedom of the press are set on a collision course. — Rob Lowe Copy Share Image
Slavery tolerates no freedom of the press, no freedom of speech, no freedom of opinion. — Hinton Rowan Helper Copy Share Image
Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of a free society. — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
To get the inestimable good that freedom of the press assures one must know how to submit to the inevitable evil it… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
There are laws to protect the freedom of the press's speech, but none that are worth anything to protect the people from… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Whenever there is injustice, there is tension. But in China it is very hard to release your anger unless you burn yourself… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Woe to that nation whose literature is cut short by the intrusion of force. This is not merely interference with freedom of… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
When I began we did not really have a lot of First Amendment law. It is really surprising to think of it… — Floyd Abrams Copy Share Image
No experiment can be more interesting than that we are now trying, and which we trust will end in establishing the fact,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
To those who cynically say today that liberal democracy would be 'obsolete,' I reply: liberal democracy, human rights, freedom of the press… — Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer Copy Share Image
But now, I, August Comte, have discovered the truth. Therefore, there is no longer any need for freedom of thought or freedom… — Auguste Comte Copy Share Image
We don't have an Official Secrets Act in the United States, as other countries do. Under the First Amendment, freedom of the… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
As unbalanced parties of every description can never tolerate a free inquiry of any kind, when employed against themselves, the license, and… — John Adams Copy Share Image
When the nazis came to power, I looked to the universities that prided themselves upon their intellectual freedom, and they failed me.… — Albert Einstein 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
Jason Rezaian is coming home. A courageous journalist for The Washington Post who wrote about the daily lives and hopes of the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Liberalism is a creation of the seventeenth century, fathered by British philosopher John Locke (1632–1704). For Locke, liberalism means limited government, the… — Peter Boghossian Copy Share Image
The full impact of printing did not become possible until the adoption of the Bill of Rights in the United States with… — Harold Innis Copy Share Image
In hindsight, Watergate was a curse as well as a blessing for American journalism. The courageous reporting of the 'Post' and the… — Lionel Barber Copy Share Image
“To prosper, a zoo needs parliamentary government, democratic elections, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of association, rule of law… — Yann Martel 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
“Amazingly, as of tonight, there aren’t many platforms left that allow free speech. The last big one remaining in the world, the… — Tucker Carlson Copy Share Image
“People who live at subsistence level want first things to be put first. They are not particularly interested in freedom of religion,… — Sebastian Marshall Copy Share Image
“Tom looked at St. Vincent. “I assume the editor at the Chronicle refused to divulge the writer’s identity?” St. Vincent looked rueful.… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“Political rights do not originate in parliaments; they are, rather, forced upon parliaments from without. And even their enactment into law has… — Rudolf Rocker Copy Share Image
“We are the bourgeoisie—the third estate, as they call us now—and what we want is a nobility of merit, nothing more. We… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
“In order to keep our freedom, we must place out of bounds all those things that would enslave us. James says, "Resist… — Sterling W. Sill Copy Share Image
“It is the Soldier, not the minister Who has given us freedom of religion. It is the Soldier, not the reporter Who… — Charles M Province Copy Share Image
“Almost all modern governments are highly conscious of what journalism calls ‘world opinion.’ For sound reasons, mostly of an economic nature, they… — Sebastian Marshall Copy Share Image
