Censorship Quote by Fidel Castro

A free press is one that prints a dictator's speech but doesn't have to.

— Laurence J. Peter

It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of free speech. Immediately on attaining power each dictator has…

— Herbert Hoover

Today, the media dictatorship is becoming a substitute to military dictatorship. The big economic groups are using the media and decide who can speak,…

— Danny Glover

And to me, that is the greatest danger, that people start questioning basic facts and start not understanding the importance of democratic institutions such…

— Ted Lieu

That's the job of a free press is to hold the lamp up, to investigate, to hold accountable. And denying access, as Sean Spicer…

— Mark Shields

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 uniformity and obedience of the media, which any dictator would admire...

— Noam Chomsky

When an authoritarian regime starts taking down feeds and blocking websites just because we expose the truth... that's an attack on freedom of the…

— Jeff Zucker

“Most of the dictators do allow freedom in the private space. it is their tentacles in the public space that are considered the killers…

— R. N. Prasher

Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy, it is democracy.

— Walter Cronkite

A free press is the cornerstone of democracy; there is no question about that.

— Hugh Grant

Getting rid of the dictator is only a first step in establishing a free society. The dictatorship must also be disassembled.

— George Ayittey