Press Quotes

“You cannot have a functioning democracy without a functioning media.”

“You cannot have a free country without a free press.”

“The gallery in which the reporters sit has become a fourth estate of the realm.”

“The press is not a monolith.”

“Paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part of the government from deceiving the people.”

“In the First Amendment, the Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to fulfill its essential role in our democracy.”

“The assumption that respect for the judiciary can be won by shielding judges from published criticism wrongly appraises the character of American public opinion.”

“The liberty of the press is indeed essential to the nature of a free state.”

“To have a free press is to have the revolution in a permanent state.”

“Freedom of the press is the foundation of all other freedoms.”

“A man must be a born fool who voluntarily engages in controversy with the press.”

“I wish the reporters would tell the truth, just the truth.”

“As an organ of enlightened opinion, the press, when duly restrained, must be cherished as the guardian of civil and religious liberty.”

“It is a tribute to the First Amendment that we do not have an Official Secrets Act in this country.”

“I recognize that the press and the public have a right to know.”

“The duty of the press is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.”

“When a figure in power calls our press the enemy of the people, it is an assault on democracy.”

“The liberty of the press is the palladium of all the civil, political, and religious rights of an Englishman.”

“Free speech and free press, for the advocacy of liberty, and the denunciation of oppression.”

“There are some who would say that the press is a necessary evil. I don't believe it is necessary.”