Government Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate…

— Thomas Jefferson

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate…

— Thomas Jefferson

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

— Thomas Jefferson

I would rather have newspapers without a government than a government without newspapers.

— Thomas Jefferson

I'd rather have newspapers and no government than government and no newspapers.

— Thomas Jefferson

The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it…

— Thomas Jefferson

The most important newspapers in this country need to exist. Our democracy needs them. Life as we know it would be unthinkable without them.

— Jacob Weisberg

I'm glad we haven't got newspapers now. It's been much nicer without them.

— Nevil Shute

The last thing we want is politicians running newspapers, but so too we don't want newspapers running the government.

— Thomas Watson, Jr

It is well to remember that freedom through the press is the thing that comes first. Most of us probably feel we couldn't be…

— Edward R. Murrow

“In a representative democracy, the media is in a unique position to shine a light on those with power and how they wield it.…

— Richard Haas

For those who govern, the first thing required is indifference to newspapers.

— Adolphe Thiers