Press Quotes
1682 Press quotes by 1268 unique authors
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In the press grandstand where I watched Discovery rise against the cloudless sky, the media hit the abort button on cynicism. The Earth shook to…
— Jonathan Alter
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People are always asking me what my lyrics mean. Does it mean this, does it mean that, that's all anybody wants to know. F**k them,…
— Freddie Mercury
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The Brahmins say that in their books there are many predictions of times in which it will rain. But press those books as strongly as…
— Leo Tolstoy
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If another Messiah was born he could hardly do so much good as the printing-press.
— Georg C. Lichtenberg
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Whenever the press quits abusing me I know Im in the wrong pew. I dont mind it because when they throw bricks at meIm a…
— Harry S. Truman
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It is the Press which has corrupted our political morals - and it is to the Press we must look for the means of our…
— Alexander Hamilton
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During the course of administration, and in order to disturb it, the artillery of the press has been levelled against us, charged with whatsoever its…
— Thomas Jefferson
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If by the liberty of the press were understood merely the liberty of discussing the propriety of public measures and political opinions, let us have…
— Benjamin Franklin
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To get the inestimable good that freedom of the press assures one must know how to submit to the inevitable evil it gives rise to.
— Alexis de Tocqueville
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I avow that I do not hold that complete and instantaneous love for the freedom of the press that one accords to things whose nature…
— Alexis de Tocqueville
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When a large number of organs of the press come to advance along the same track, their influence becomes almost irresistible in the long term,…
— Alexis de Tocqueville
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It is so difficult to draw a clear line of separation between the abuse and the wholesome use of the press, that as yet we…
— Thomas Jefferson
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The more I view the independence of the press in its principal effects, the more I convince myself that among the moderns the independence of…
— Alexis de Tocqueville
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That this liberty [of the press] is often carried to excess; that it has sometimes degenerated into licentiousness, is seen and lamented, but the remedy…
— James Madison
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The true liberty of the press is amply secured by permitting every man to publish his opinion; but it is due to the peace and…
— Thomas McKean
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The press is no substitute for institutions. It is like the beam of a searchlight that moves restlessly about, bringing one episode and then another…
— Walter Lippmann
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I feel that homophobia runs rampant in the music industry, and that artists are allowed to speak openly in a hateful way, in a homophobic…
— Lady Gaga
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We quaff the cup of life with eager haste without draining it, instead of which it only overflows the brim - objects press around us,…
— Oscar Wilde
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I've always known that I was a gifted person. ... I've always felt like I would be punished, severely, if I didn't continue to make…
— Merle Haggard
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The greatest danger to this country lies in their large ownership and influence in our motion pictures, our press, our radio and our government.
— Charles Lindbergh
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Consequently, the tone, particularly that of the Viennese anti-Semitic press, seemed to me unworthy of the cultural tradition of a great nation.
— Adolf Hitler
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In childhood, we press our nose to the pane, looking out. In memories of childhood, we press our nose to the pane, looking in.
— Robert Breault
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Freedom of teaching and of opinion in book or press is the foundation for the sound and natural development of any people.
— Albert Einstein
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The Press, which is mostly controlled by vested interests, has an excessive influence on public opinion.
— Albert Einstein
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In the 1920s, everyone wanted to be a celebrity. Everyone wanted to be like Babe Ruth or Charles Lindbergh. ... Businessmen, in particular, in the…
— Unknown Author
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