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The freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments.
George Mason
2.
The press was to serve the governed, not the governors.
Hugo Black
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Freedom of the Press, if it means anything at all, means the freedom to criticize and oppose
George Orwell
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I have great respect for the news and great respect for freedom of the press and all of that.
Donald Trump
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I have great respect for press freedoms. At the same time, however, a politician also has the freedom to decide whether he or she will accept an invitation to appear on a show or not.
Angela Merkel
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Freedom of the press is the staff of life, for any vital democracy.
Wendell Willkie
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Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle.
Thomas Jefferson
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One of the unsung freedoms that go with a free press is the freedom not to read it.
Ferdinand Mount
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All the wrong people have the power of suggestion and the freedom of the press is meaningless if nobody asks a question.
Ani DiFranco
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The freedom of speech and the freedom of press, it's just precious man, it really is.
Killer Mike
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What have the Germans gained by their boasted freedom of the press, except the liberty of abusing each other as they like?
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe