Absolute power Quote by David Brinkley

The power of the press in America is a primordial one. It sets the agenda of public discussion; and this sweeping political power is…

— Theodore White

We in the press, by our power, can actually undermine leadership.

— Christiane Amanpour

A lot of publishers have close relationships with people in power. So the press, which used to speak truth to power, doesn't. The big…

— Craig Newmark

The freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments.

— George Mason

The press in America has never been stronger and never been freer and never been more vibrant, sometimes to my chagrin, and a lot…

— George W. Bush

“the job of the press is to disprove the falsehoods that power invariably disseminates to protect itself.”

— Glenn Greenwald

The press has bravely and nobly eroded the public trust... What I'm advocating is the media come work for us again. Remove themselves from…

— Jon Stewart

At least in the West, politicians, corporations and media moguls can no longer take for granted their power to control the public discourse -…

— David Puttnam

Despotism and freedom of the press cannot exist together.

— Leon Gambetta

The power of the periodical press is second only to that of the people.

— Alexis de Tocqueville

The job of the press is to speak truth to power. And yet, for doing our job, we are persecuted. I say that these…

— Sara Harrison

The politicians think the journalists have power, the journalists think bankers have power, bankers think lawyers have power. The truth is, nobody has power.

— Rory Stewart