America Quote by Scott Pelley

America is strong because its journalism is strong. That's how democracies work. They're only as good as the quality of the information that the…

— Scott Pelley

Democracies succeed or fail based on their journalism.

— Scott Pelley

The country is only as strong as its journalism - that's the way democracies work. The higher the quality of the information, the better…

— Scott Pelley

American journalism (like the journalism of any other country) is predominantly paltry and worthless. Its pretensions are enormous, but its achievements are insignificant.

— H. L. Mencken

The quality of life in America is dependent on the quality of the journalism. Most people don't realize that, but if you think about…

— Scott Pelley

Journalism, like democracy, is not something that is achieved. It is a work in progress, and not every day is as good as the…

— John Maxwell Hamilton

Journalism is what we need to make democracy work.

— Walter Cronkite

It's easy to complain about the obvious reality that our political media are completely corrupted and engage in propaganda, not journalism. But as they…

— Mollie Hemingway

America is run by the rich and powerful in their own interest. To an extent that I think is hard to exaggerate, the intellectuals…

— Thomas Pogge

America is successful because of the hard work and creativity and enterprise of our people.

— George W. Bush

American democracy must be a failure because it places the supreme authority in the hands of the poorest and most ignorant part of the…

— Anonymous

A democracy survives when its citizens have access to trustworthy and impartial sources of information, when it can discern lies from truth. Take this…

— Chris Hedges