Abandoned Quote by Thomas Jefferson

To your request of my opinion of the manner in which a newspaper should be conducted, so as to be most useful, I should…

— Thomas Jefferson

The press is like a woman: sublime when it lies, it will not let go until it has forced you to believe it. The…

— Honore de Balzac

“the essence of American journalism is vulgarity divested of truth.”

— William Manchester

Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of a free society.

— Felix Frankfurter

Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of achieving a free society.

— Felix Frankfurter

“the job of the press is to disprove the falsehoods that power invariably disseminates to protect itself.”

— Glenn Greenwald

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

[Restraints on the press] in all ages, have debauched morals, depressed liberty, shackled religion, supported despotism, and deluged the scaffold with blood.

— James Madison

It would be easy to descend into despair, not only about the state of journalism, but the future of American democracy. But giving up…

— Laurie Garrett

“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

The press aren't willing to wait for whatever the truth is - the truth never catches up with the lie... Destroying people ought not…

— Bert Lance

Journalism is "a low trade and a habit worse than heroin, a strange seedy world of misfits and drunkards and failures.

— Hunter S. Thompson