Quotes About Press

When I was a little boy I used to borrow my father's hat, and make a press card to stick in the hat band. That was the way reporters were always portrayed in the movies.

The press is ferocious. It forgives nothing, it only hunts for mistakes . . . In my position anyone sane would have left a long time ago.

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.

Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy, it is democracy.

The press was to serve the governed, not the governors.

Freedom of the Press, if it means anything at all, means the freedom to criticize and oppose

There are laws to protect the freedom of the press's speech, but none that are worth anything to protect the people from the press

Absolute freedom of the press to discuss public questions is a foundation stone of American liberty.

Without freedom of the press, there can be no representative government.

Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion all have a double aspect - freedom of thought and freedom of action.

I get a little nauseated, perhaps, when I hear the phrase 'freedom of the press' used as freely as it is, knowing that a large part of our proprietorial press is not free at all.

We must do away with all newspapers. A revolution cannot be accomplished with freedom of the press.

The people shall not be deprived or abridged of their right to speak, or to publish their sentiments; and the freedom of the press, as one of the great bulwarks of liberty, shall be inviolable.

A free and truly independent press - fiercely independent when necessary - is the red beating heart of freedom and democracy.

We are, heart and soul, friends to the freedom of the press...It is a precious pest, and a necessary mischief, and there would be no liberty without it.

Our liberty depends on freedom of the press.

We think we have got freedom of the press. When one millionaire has ten newspapers and ten million people have no newspapers - that is not freedom of the press.

Freedom of the press is a precious privilege that no country can forego.

The essence of the free press is the reliable, reasonable and moral nature of freedom.

When freedom of the press is threatened, the United States should be leading efforts to protect it.

I take a grave view of the press. It is the weak slat under the bed of democracy

We need a free media, not just freedom of speech.

In the long, fierce struggle for freedom of opinion, the press, like the Church, counted its martyrs by thousands.

I have sworn to uphold the Constitution ... and a free press is absolutely vital to the freedom of this country.