Press Quotes

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We're losing social skills, the human interaction skills, how to read a person's mood, to read their body language, how to be patient until the… — Vincent Nichols
If in other lands the press and books and literature of all kinds are censored, we must redouble our efforts here to keep them free — Franklin D. Roosevelt
The press is easier to strangle than to look in the eyes. — Winston Churchill
The notion that the press was used in the [first Iraq] war is incorrect. The press wanted to be used. It saw itself as part… — Chris Hedges
Awake, my soul! Stretch every nerve, And press with vigor on; A heavenly race demands thy zeal, And an immortal crown. — Philip Doddridge
But now, I, August Comte, have discovered the truth. Therefore, there is no longer any need for freedom of thought or freedom of the press.… — Auguste Comte
What is the use of freedom of the press if the government is in possession of all the printing presses, what does freedom of assembly… — Eugen Richter
You know, in this business, you don't have any control over what the press says and how they portray things. And that's their prerogative. But… — Dick Cheney
Why would scientists dedicated to uncovering the truth about the natural world deliberately misrepresent the work of their own colleagues? Why would they spread accusations… — Naomi Oreskes
Give them a corrupt House of Lords, give them a venal House of Commons, give they a tyrannical Prince, give them a truckling court, and… — Richard Brinsley Sheridan
At a press conference yesterday NASA announced that 2005 was the hottest year on record. It is so hot, and global warming is so bad,… — Jay Leno
In all my life I have treated the press with marked contempt and remarkable success. — Robert Menzies
A true and safe leader is likely to be one who has no desire to lead, but is forced into a position of leadership by… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
I must keep alive in myself the desire for my true country, which I shall not find till after death; I must never let it… — C.S. Lewis
Which direction do we take? The one prompted by the passions or the one indicated by the star which shines in your conscience? The Magi… — Pope Benedict XVI
The freedom of the press works in such a way that there is not much freedom from it. — Grace Kelly
The press, like fire, is an excellent servant, but a terrible master. — James F. Cooper
A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will produce in time a people as base as itself. — Joseph Pulitzer
There are laws to protect the freedom of the press's speech, but none that are worth anything to protect the people from the press — Mark Twain
The media want to maintain their intimate relation to state power. They want to get leaks, they want to get invited to the press conferences.… — Noam Chomsky

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