Amendments Quote by Richard S. Salant

When you have mass surveillance, it's impossible to meet the intent of the First Amendment because reporters can't talk to sources because sources are…

— Pierre Omidyar

If [newsmen] violate their promises of confidentiality, they may never again be able to operate effectively, except to cover news which is offered by…

— Jack C Landau

I do ask every publisher, every editor, and every newsman in the nation to reexamine his own standards, and to recognize the nature of…

— John F. Kennedy

I've reported in countries where leaders not only complain about a critical press, but also try to shut it down, throwing reporters in prison…

— Jonathan Karl

The truth is the committed left press in America is not longer interest in reporting the news. Anything that hinders a favorable view of…

— Bill O'Reilly

The First Amendment is not a blanket freedom-of-information act. The constitutional newsgathering freedom means the media can go where the public can, but enjoys…

— George Will

In the U.S., free speech and the press are protected by the First Amendment. It has a clarity unmatched by modern legislators and declares…

— Jacob Rees-Mogg

In a free society we're supposed to know the truth.. In a society where truth becomes treason, then we're in big trouble. And now,…

— Ron Paul

“How the press, for example, loves to brag to its victims— its readers—about its freedom. Yes, the press may be free to lie and…

— Willis Carto

Every time I criticize what I consider to be excesses or faults in the news business, I am accused of repression, and the leaders…

— Spiro T. Agnew

The Liberty of the press consists in the right to publish with impunity truth with good motives for justifiable ends, though reflecting on government,…

— Alexander Hamilton

Citizens have to fight suppression of information on matters of vital public importance. To tell the truth is not a crime.

— Edward Snowden