Defend Quote by Umberto Eco Download Open image “When someone has to intervene to defend the liberty of the press, that society is sick.” — Umberto Eco ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Defend Freedom Intervene Liberty Press Sick Society Someone
The press is hostile to the idea of liberty. Most people in the press are for big government. Most people think that the solution… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of a free society. — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
The liberty of the press is a blessing when we are inclined to write against others, and a calamity when we find ourselves overborne… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
If by the liberty of the press were understood merely the liberty of discussing the propriety of public measures and political opinions, let us… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of achieving a free society. — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
We're privileged as citizens of the United States to live in a society where the press can act in an adversarial role in a… — Bob Iger Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I've reported in countries where leaders not only complain about a critical press, but also try to shut it down, throwing reporters in prison… — Jonathan Karl Copy Share Image
I think that at a certain age, say fifteen or sixteen, poetry is like masturbation. But later in life good poets burn their early… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
Followers of the occult believe in only what they already know, and in those things that confirm what they have already learned. — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“This has nothing to do with realism (even if it explains also realism). A completely real world can be constructed, in which asses fly… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“…there’s nothing in this world that demands more caution than the truth. To tell the truth is like leeching one’s own heart...” — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
The book is like the spoon, scissors, the hammer, the wheel. Once invented, it cannot be improved. You cannot make a spoon that is… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“No algorithm exists for the metaphor, nor can a metaphor be produced by means of a computer’s precise instructions, no matter what the volume… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
With all of its defects, the global market makes war less likely, even between the USA and China. — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
The Fundamental Principle that governs - or ought to govern -human affairs if we wish to avoid misunderstandings, conflicts, or pointless utopias, is negotiation. — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
American coffee can be a pale solution served at a temperature of 100 degrees centigrade in plastic thermos cups, usually obligatory in railroad stations… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
Listening doesn't mean trying to understand. Anything, however trifling, may be of use one day. What matters is to know something that others don't… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
They say that a cat, if it falls from a window and hits its nose, can lose its sense of smell and then, because… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
My first Olympics memory was watching Haile Gebrselassie in Sydney 2000. His sprint finish to defend his title really moved me. — Mo Farah Copy Share Image
The pop culture has become more frenetic. There are more forces at work that are far more invasive. However, I think it would be… — Mel Gibson Copy Share Image
Swearing's my release. It's the one weapon I have to defend myself against destiny when it elects to strike without pity. — Andrea Pirlo Copy Share Image
Having kids is the deal-breaker on shyness! Once you have a baby, you learn to speak up loud and clear to protect them, defend… — Lori Foster Copy Share Image
We will defend ourselves, and we have full rights to do so. If the authorities try to destroy us, we have the right to… — Sergei Udaltsov Copy Share Image
In 1911, Turkey established gun control. From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were exterminated. — Joe Wurzelbacher Copy Share Image
“There are always those who take it upon themselves to defend God, as if Ultimate Reality, as if the sustaining frame of existence were… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image
There are a lot of things you can practise to unsettle teams that defend deep. — Didier Deschamps Copy Share Image
