Free press Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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

— Hugh Grant

If I had to choose between government without newspapers, and newspapers without government, I wouldn't hesitate to choose the latter

— Thomas Jefferson

I believe that one of the most important institutions in a democratic society is a free press.

— Jeremy Scahill

A free press is one of the pillars of democracy.

— Nelson Mandela

It is a seldom proffered argument as to the advantages of a free press that it has a major function in keeping the government…

— Walter Cronkite

A free press is one that prints a dictator's speech but doesn't have to.

— Laurence J. Peter

A free press is not a privilege but an organic necessity in a great society. Without criticism and reliable and intelligent reporting, the government…

— Walter Lippmann

“A free press is equally free to print the truth or ignore it, as it chooses.”

— T. R. Fehrenbach

A free press stands as one of the great interpreters between the government and the people. To allow it to be fettered is to…

— George Sutherland

A free press needs to be a respected press.

— Tom Stoppard

A free press can, of course, be good or bad, but, most certainly without freedom, the press will never be anything but bad.

— Albert Camus

A free press is the immune system of representative democracy.

— Al Gore