Ludwig von Mises Quotes

A free press can of course be good or bad, but most certainly, without freedom it will never be anything but bad.

We have got to nurture the spirit of independent journalism in this country, or we'll not save capitalism from its own excesses, and we'll not save democracy from its own inertia.

The press in India, I believe, is more free, and happily so, than perhaps media anywhere in the world. Right? Which is a good thing.

We do not want to interfere with the freedom of press.

A free press doesn't mean it's not a tame press.

It is well to remember that freedom through the press is the thing that comes first. Most of us probably feel we couldn't be free without newspapers, and that is the real reason we want the newspapers to be free.

Without freedom of the press, there can be no representative government.

We need a free media, not just freedom of speech.

Family ownership provides the independence that is sometimes required to withstand governmental pressure and preserve freedom of the press.

Vigorous independent and critical media are indispensable in a democracy.

Democracy without a free press is inconceivable.

We must have a free press. If we are to maintain democracxy as we know it, we must have a free and adversarial press.... That's how dictoators get power [by intimidating, restriciting and censoring the press.]

Democratic societies need a strong media, and WikiLeaks is part of that media.

CNN is an American symbol of independent journalism and First Amendment free speech. My board and I are clear: CNN will remain completely independent from an editorial perspective.

The press is the only institution that is truly accountable. The founding fathers put the First Amendment first for a reason.

A free press is one of the pillars of democracy.

The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. But I should mean that every man should receive those papers and be capable of reading them.

There is no more important struggle for American democracy than ensuring a diverse, independent and free media. Free Press is at the heart of that struggle.

I cannot overemphasise the value we place on a free, independent and outspoken press

A people that wants to be free must arm itself with a free press.

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. But I should mean that every man should receive those papers and be capable of reading them.

Freedom of the Press, if it means anything at all, means the freedom to criticize and oppose

A free press is the immune system of representative democracy.

In the end, does it really matter if newspapers physically disappear? Probably not: the world is always changing. But does it matter if organisations independent enough and rich enough to employ journalists to do their job disappear? Yes, that matters hugely; it affects the whole of life and society.

Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of achieving a free society.