Burden Quote by John Boyle O'Reilly

For all time to come, the freedom and purity of the press are the test of national virtue and independence. No writer for the…

— John Boyle O'Reilly

No writer, however popular, disdains a reader, however humble.

— Vera Caspary

A free press needs to be a respected press.

— Tom Stoppard

“Any writer or journalist who wants to retain his integrity finds himself thwarted by the general drift of society rather than by active persecution.…

— George Orwell

Because the chief commodity a writer has to sell is his courage. And if he has none, he is more than a coward. He…

— Harlan Ellison

A free press is not a privilege but an organic necessity in a great society. ... A great society is simply a big and…

— Walter Lippmann

The life of a journalist is poor, nasty, brutish, and short. So is his style

— Stella Gibbons

There is certainly no want of journalistic ambition among the purveyors of what is now called 'long-form,' nor of novelistic technique brought to bear…

— Tom Junod

A writer without his country is nothing.

— Marek Hlasko

The person who has the strong ownership of free speech is the one who owns the press.

— Nat Hentoff

No one connected intimately with a writer has any appreciation of his temperament, except to think him overdoing everything.

— Zane Grey

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

— Hugh Grant