Clouds Quote by James Madison

It is only by dispelling the clouds and phantoms of religion that we shall discover truth, reason and morality.

— Baron d'Holbach

Here shall the Press the People's right maintain, Unaw'd by influence and unbrib'd by gain; Here patriot Truth her glorious precepts draw, Pledg'd to…

— Joseph Story

It is the mission of the press to disseminate intellect and at the same time destroy receptivity to it.

— Karl Kraus

The theologian may indulge the pleasing task of describing Religion as she descended from Heaven, arrayed in her native purity. A more melancholy duty…

— Anonymous

Nor is there wanting in the press Some spirit to stand simply forth, Heroic in it nakedness, Against the uttermost of earth. The tale…

— Robert Frost

The world has lost the power to blush over its vice; the Church has lost her power to weep over it.

— Leonard Ravenhill

[Restraints on the press] in all ages, have debauched morals, depressed liberty, shackled religion, supported despotism, and deluged the scaffold with blood.

— James Madison

The press is like a woman: sublime when it lies, it will not let go until it has forced you to believe it. The…

— Honore de Balzac

The function of the press is very high. It is almost holy. It ought to serve as a forum for the people, through which…

— Louis D. Brandeis

“It is arguable that when Humanists, "Shook off," as people say, "the trammels of religion," and discovered things of this world as objects of…

— Dorothy L. Sayers

The generous wish to share with all what is precious, to spread broadcast priceless truths, to shut out none from the illumination of true…

— Annie Besant

Its attitude, which it has preached and practiced, is skepticism. Now, it finds, the public is applying that skepticism to the press.

— Thomas Griffith