Constant Quote by Jimmy Reid

The media is absolutely essential to the functioning of a democracy. It's not our job to cozy up to power. We're supposed to be…

— Amy Goodman

In many ways, the media today makes dictatorship impossible. But it also makes democracy intolerable.

— Shimon Peres

The media does play a vital role in our democracy, and if we cannot depend on journalistic ethics, the nation's in trouble.

— Dave Brat

Vigorous independent and critical media are indispensable in a democracy.

— Geoff Mulgan

The media has not done a great job in fulfilling their role - journalism's role in a democracy is to provide information on profoundly…

— Jonathan Demme

“At the deepest level, the media contribute to the sense that the government is the enemy, and they suppress the sources of real power…

— Noam Chomsky

The media is tremendously important for all governments that are able to communicate through the it. It doesn't mean there is a balance of…

— Stephen Harper

Serving democracy and nourishing the common good is, for the media, something that requires not only attacking corrupt secrecies in a society, but also…

— Rowan Williams

An informed public democracy means rule of the people. A media system is absolutely essential to that process, if people are going to be…

— Robert Waterman McChesney

The back and forth between the press and government is essential to any good democracy.

— Justin Trudeau

We must build a trickle-up media that reflects the true character of this country and its people. A democratic media serving a democratic society.

— Amy Goodman

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

— Walter Cronkite