Despised Quote by Wesley Pruden

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

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

— 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

Jefferson refused to pin his hopes on the occasional success of honest and unambitious men; on the contrary, the great danger was that philosophers…

— Daniel J. Boorstin

“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

What I'm thinking about more and more these days is simply the importance of transparency, and Jefferson's saying that he'd rather have a free…

— Esther Dyson

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

— Thomas Jefferson

“In politics and in his personal life, Thomas Jefferson was a complicated man, but in one thing he was consistent: the wanted the best…

— Thomas J. Craughwell

“But this does not detract from the wisdom of his faith in the people and his constant insistence that they be left to manage…

— Calvin Coolidge

“Jefferson was relentless in pursuing and putting down threats to his vision of a republican nation. Whether they were Federalist judges and other officeholders—including…

— Jon Meacham