Press Freedom Quotes

Any restriction of press freedom is unacceptable.

— Sebastian Kurz

Press freedom is the foundation of the rights of all Filipinos to the truth.

— Maria Ressa

One of the unsung freedoms that go with a free press is the freedom not to read it.

— Ferdinand Mount

Populists have never had a good press in Freedom's land.

— Gore Vidal

As attorney general I see my role as defender both of press freedom and of the fair administration of justice.

— Dominic Grieve

If investors are willing to fund the U.S. deficit, why wouldn't investors want to fund the press freedom deficit?

— Sasa Vucinic

I don't think that there is absolute freedom of the press. We operate under laws - against libel, for instance. The idea…

— Bill Keller

Freedom of press and freedom of speech: What a blessing for a country while in the hands of honest, patriotic men; what…

— William J. H. Boetcker

The Obama administration has been curtailing press freedom - but that hasn't ended the press' drool-cup worship for their beloved president.

— Ben Shapiro

Freedom of the press is perhaps the freedom that has suffered the most from the gradual degradation of the idea of liberty.

— Albert Camus

There can be no press freedom when journalists exist in conditions of corruption, poverty and fear.

— Aidan White

“The Hudson Institute study found that religious liberty is powerfully associated with civil and political liberty, press freedom, economic freedom, and prolonged…

— Timothy Shah

“The Press will not be free to tell lies. That is not freedom for the people, but a tyranny over their minds…

— Oswald Mosley

They cry press freedom, but (the raids) have nothing to do with it. We have no concern about what the EU might…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Much as constitutional guarantees of press freedom do little good for prospective publishers if they do not have access to paper or…

— Jacob M. Appel

There shouldn't be any censorship. This is America. There shouldn't be any of this freedom of the press, freedom of expression, but…

— Bruce Campbell

Though not really a comedy, 'Rosewater' is a demonstration of the creed behind 'The Daily Show': belief in the crucial need for…

— Richard Corliss

Freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of person under the protection of the habeas corpus; and trial by juries impartially…

— Thomas Jefferson

It should be clear by now that my focus here is not freedom of speech or the press. This freedom is all…

— Mark Lloyd

To-day a democrat of the old school would demand, not freedom for the press, but freedom from the press; but mean-time the…

— Oswald Spengler

The so-called liberals of today have the very popular idea that freedom of speech, of thought, of the press, freedom of religion,…

— Ludwig von Mises

“The very purpose of a Bill of Rights was to withdraw certain subjects from the vicissitudes of political controversy to place them…

— Robert H. Jackson

“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

It astonishes me to find... [that so many] of our countrymen... should be contented to live under a system which leaves to…

— Thomas Jefferson

“In modern democracies, press freedom was being used as a cloak to shield media conglomerates’ domination of public discussion ‘in which misinformation…

— Ian Hargreaves

How can you have in our country that is based upon liberality and liberation, be so anti-liberal. That's toxic waste to our…

— Jesse Jackson

“I used to think freedom was freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of conscience. But freedom is the whole life…

— Vasily Grossman

“The many ... whom one chooses to call the people, are indeed a collection, but only as a multitude, a formless mass,…

— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

“Jefferson's ambivalence toward the French Revolution matters. As a key founder of the American republic, he bridges the moderate and radical Enlightenments.…

— Kim R. Holmes

“I believe that the universe was formed around 15 billion years ago and that humans have evolved from their apelike ancestors over…

— Ronald P. Carver

“Freedom of the press is the freedom of 200 rich people to spread their opinions. Pressefreiheit ist die Freiheit von zweihundert reichen…

— Paul Sethe

Press Freedom will never be under threat in South Africa for as long as the ANC is the majority party

— Nelson Mandela

We have to uphold a free press and freedom of speech - because, in the end, lies and misinformation are no match…

— Barack Obama

I have long been a supporter of a free and independent press and I always will be. But with freedom comes responsibility.

— Mike Pence

Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion all have a double aspect - freedom of thought and freedom…

— Frank Murphy

Freedom of the press, freedom of the news media, must be subordinated to the overriding needs of the integrity of Singapore, and…

— Lee Kuan Yew

Press freedom has great virtues. It is not about irresponsible scandal-mongering, although that may be part of the picture. It is a…

— Jacob Rees-Mogg

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

“do not believe this was the result our forefathers envisioned when they fought so hard to establish freedom of the press. Such…

— Ben Carson

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