Allowing Quote by Edward Snowden

One of the most powerful defences the media can offer for controversial actions is, of course, public interest.

— Rowan Williams

To serve the public interest is not the same as being a servant of public opinion.

— Sidney Hook

As I have said in the past, revealing specific targets or successes of U.S. intelligence activities is not in the public interest.

— William Binney

The vested interests-if we explain the situation by their influence-can only get the public to act as they wish by manipulating public opinion, by…

— Norman Angell

“The bottom line is that our government is not intelligent about how it pursues the public interest, because its decisions are not informed decisions…

— Robert David Steele

Harshness towards individuals who flout the laws and commands of the state is for the public good; no greater crime against the public interest…

— Cardinal Richelieu

When governments go too far to punish people for actions that are dissent rather than a real threat to the nation, they risk delegitimizing…

— Edward Snowden

“If the journalist is secretly the tool of some invisible public relations machine or vested commercial interest it is the public whose interest is…

— Ian Hargreaves

What's not OK is using government policy and taxpayer dollars to push for an investigation if the motivation is purely political.

— Steve Hilton

There are many special interests skilful at manipulating circumstances and communications in such a way as to benefit their own ends and not necessarily…

— Randal Marlin

The last time I checked, speaking out against the government isn't a crime but protected under the United States Constitution.

— Byron Donalds

The newspaper that obstructs the law on a trivial pretext, for money's sake, is a dangerous enemy to the public weal. That awful power,…

— Mark Twain