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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
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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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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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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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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
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The freedom of speech and the freedom of press, it's just precious man, it really is.
Killer Mike