Free Press Quotes

We have a First Amendment for good reasons. We need a free press because without an educated electorate we cannot have a functioning democracy.

The U.S. corporate media, otherwise known as the "free press," is that hollow pillar on which contemporary American democracy rests.

I am very enamored with the free press, and I was part of it for a period of time.

[Vladimir] Putin is an enemy of the free press. The U.S. celebrates free press.

We look forward to analyzing and working with legislation that will make - it would hope - put a free press's mind at ease that you're not being denied information you shouldn't see.

Millions like me in Russia want a free press, the rule of law, social justice, and free and fair elections. My new job is to fight for those people and to fight for these fundamental rights.

Arguing that you don't care about the right to privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different than saying you don't care about free speech because you have nothing to say.

The media, like anything else, can be bought. Everything, it seems, has its price. Even the free press.

Fascism thrives in obscurity and darkness.