First amendment Quote by Rupert Murdoch

We have a First Amendment for good reasons. We need a free press because without an educated electorate we cannot have a functioning democracy.

— Jill Stein

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

The job of the press is to defend their institution, hold the government accountable and freely report and gather information.

— Mercedes Schlapp

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

The ability of the press to print their stories without the government trying to get them to betray their sources is as essential to…

— Rod Lurie

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 the true freedom of the press is to decide for itself what to publish and when to publish it, the true responsibility of…

— Tom Wicker

We have, without any fanfare or much conversation, moved into a era in which news organizations are expected to explain themselves. Twenty years ago,…

— Alex Jones

They (american press) always blame America first!

— Jeane Kirkpatrick

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

Wherever despotism abounds, the sources of public information are the first to be brought under its control. Where ever the cause of liberty is…

— Calvin Coolidge

The power of the press in America is a primordial one. It sets the agenda of public discussion; and this sweeping political power is…

— Theodore White