Press Quotes

1682 Press quotes by 1268 unique authors

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
If you think there is freedom of the press in the United States, I tell you there is no freedom of the press... They come… — Bill Moyers
The press is so powerful in its image-making role, it can make a criminal look like he's the victim and make the victim look like… — Malcolm X
The press, or at least most of it, has lost the passion, the outrage, and the sense of mission that once drove reporters to defy… — Chris Hedges
To your request of my opinion of the manner in which a newspaper should be conducted, so as to be most useful, I should answer,… — Thomas Jefferson
Is the relinquishment of the trial by jury and the liberty of the press necessary for your liberty? Will the abandonment of your most sacred… — Patrick Henry
But the fact being once established, that the press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood, I leave to others to restore it to… — Thomas Jefferson
... the United States, for generations, has sustained two parallel but opposed states of mind about military atrocities and human rights: one of U.S. benevolence,… — Unknown Author
War seems to me to be a mean, contemptible thing: I would rather be hacked in pieces than take part in such an abominable business.… — Albert Einstein
The fact is that every war suffers a kind of progressive degradation with every month that it continues, because such things as individual liberty and… — George Orwell
War, we have come to believe, is a spectator sport. The military and the press have turned war into a vast video arcade game. Its… — Chris Hedges

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