Abuse Quote by Thomas Jefferson

“[T]he artillery of the press has been leveled against us, charged with whatsoever its licentiousness could devise or dare. These abuses of an institution…

— Thomas Jefferson

The freedom of the press is a valuable privilege, but the abuse of it in this country is a frightful evil. The licentiousness of…

— Noah Webster

Our Press and our schools cultivate Chauvinism, militarism, dogmatism, conformism and ignorance. The arbitrary power of the Government is unlimited, and unexampled in history;…

— Arthur Koestler

The true liberty of the press is amply secured by permitting every man to publish his opinion; but it is due to the peace…

— Thomas McKean

The freedom of the press is a valuable privilege; but the abuse of it, in this country, is a frightful evil. The licentiousness of…

— Noah Webster

But the fact being once established, that the press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood, I leave to others to restore it…

— Thomas Jefferson

Press freedom has great virtues. It is not about irresponsible scandal-mongering, although that may be part of the picture. It is a means of…

— Jacob Rees-Mogg

Considering the great importance to the public liberty of the freedom of the press, and the difficulty of submitting it to very precise rules,…

— Thomas Jefferson

The job of the press is to speak truth to power. And yet, for doing our job, we are persecuted. I say that these…

— Sara Harrison

We are, heart and soul, friends to the freedom of the press...It is a precious pest, and a necessary mischief, and there would be…

— Fisher Ames

But it is recognized that punishment for the abuse of the liberty accorded to the press is essential to the protection of the public,…

— Charles Evans Hughes

Woe to that nation whose literature is cut short by the intrusion of force. This is not merely interference with freedom of the press…

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn