Quotes for All
What is the use of freedom of the press if the government is in possession of all the printing presses, what does freedom of assembly avail if all the meeting places belong to the government? In a society in which there is no more personal and economic freedom, even the freest form of the state … Read more
When freedom of the press is threatened, the United States should be leading efforts to protect it. Elliott Abrams
In Iran, there is no freedom of the press, no freedom of speech, no independent judiciary, no free elections. There is no freedom of religion – not even for Shiites, who are forced by Irans theocracy to adhere to one narrow set of official rules. Elliott Abrams
We have our difficulties, true; but we are a wiser and a tougher nation than we were in 1932. Never have there been six years of such far flung internal preparedness in all of history. And this has been done without any dictator’s power to command, without conscription of labor or confiscation of capital, without … Read more
Freedom of conscience, of education, of speech, of assembly are among the very fundamentals of democracy and all of them would be nullified should freedom of the press ever be successfully challenged. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Freedom of the press is essential to the preservation of a democracy; but there is a difference between freedom and license. Editorialists who tell downright lies in order to advance their own agendas do more to discredit the press than all the censors in the world. Franklin D. Roosevelt
Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion all have a double aspect – freedom of thought and freedom of action. Frank Murphy
We hear about constitutional rights, free speech and the free press. Every time I hear these words I say to myself, \”That man is a Red, that man is a Communist.\” You never hear a real American talk like that. Frank Hague
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. Fisher Ames
One of the unsung freedoms that go with a free press is the freedom not to read it. Ferdinand Mount