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Freedom of the press12 quotes
Some degree of abuse is inseparable from the proper use of every thing; and in no instance is this more true, than in that of the press. It has accordingly been decided by the practice of the States, that it is better to leave a few of its noxious branches to their luxuriant growth, than by pruning them away, to injure the vigor of those yielding the proper fruits. — James Madison · 1800That if all Printers were determin’d not to print any thing till they were sure it would offend no body, there would be very little printed. — Benjamin Franklin · 1731The freedom of the press is one of the greatest bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments. — George Mason · 1776Our liberty depends on freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost. — Thomas Jefferson · 1786The press, confined to truth, needs no other legal restraint; the public judgment will correct false reasonings and opinions, on a full hearing of all parties; and no other definite line can be drawn between the inestimable liberty of the press and its demoralizing licentiousness. — Thomas Jefferson · 1805If we think to regulate printing, thereby to rectify manners, we must regulate all recreations and pastimes, all that is delightful to man... And who shall silence all the airs and madrigals, that whisper softness in chambers? — John Milton · 1644All 12 quotes →Media3 quotes
Our Republic and its press will rise or fall together. — Joseph Pulitzer · 1904I'm with you on the free press. It's the newspapers I can't stand. — Tom Stoppard · 1978Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one. — A.J. Liebling · 1960Freedom of speech and expression2 quotes
That if all Printers were determin’d not to print any thing till they were sure it would offend no body, there would be very little printed. — Benjamin Franklin · 1731If we think to regulate printing, thereby to rectify manners, we must regulate all recreations and pastimes, all that is delightful to man... And who shall silence all the airs and madrigals, that whisper softness in chambers? — John Milton · 1644Constitutional theory1 quote
Our liberty depends on freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost. — Thomas Jefferson · 1786First Amendment1 quote
Our liberty depends on freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost. — Thomas Jefferson · 1786Knowledge is power1 quote
The people must know before they can act, and there is no educator to compare with the press. — Ida B. Wells · 1892Media criticism1 quote
Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one. — A.J. Liebling · 1960Newspapers1 quote
I'm with you on the free press. It's the newspapers I can't stand. — Tom Stoppard · 1978Offensive speech1 quote
That if all Printers were determin’d not to print any thing till they were sure it would offend no body, there would be very little printed. — Benjamin Franklin · 1731Politics1 quote
Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one. — A.J. Liebling · 1960Power1 quote
Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one. — A.J. Liebling · 1960Publicity1 quote
Publicity is the very soul of justice. It is the keenest spur to exertion, and the surest of all guards against improbity. — Jeremy Bentham · 1832