Cherie Blair Quotes

I would never say, as a member of the press, that there should be fewer press briefings. The more access, the better, no matter who is there or what's going on.

The press are animals, and they need to be treated that way.

I mean, to call the press the enemy is dangerous and just remarkably bizarre.

During this course of administration, and in order to disturb it, the artillery of the press has been leveled against us, charged with whatsoever its licentiousness could devise or dare. These abuses of an institution so important to freedom and science are deeply to be regretted, inasmuch as they tend to lessen its usefulness and to sap its safety.

Here shall the Press the People's right maintain, Unawed by influence and unbribed by gain; Here Patriot Truth her glorious precepts draw, Pledged to Religion, Liberty, and Law.

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

The press must be free; it has always been so and much evil has been corrected by it. If Government finds itself annoyed by it, let it examine its own conduct and it will find the cause.

The fact that the liberty of the press may be abused by miscreant purveyors of scandal does not make any the less necessary the immunity of the press.

If we shake the pillar of a free and objective press, we're harming our American national interests.

What is the liberty of the press? Who can give it any definition that would not leave the utmost latitude for evasion …. Its [the press's] security … must altogether depend on public opinion.

To-day a democrat of the old school would demand, not freedom for the press, but freedom from the press

It is a free press...There are laws to protect the freedom of the press's speech, but none that are worth anything to protect the people from the press.

When one millionaire has ten newspapers and ten million people have no newspapers—that is not freedom of the press.

The press is supposed to watch the powerful. And not throw in with them.

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

The press should not get special privileges - if they drive recklessly or put people in danger, they should be subject to every reckless driving and endangerment law on the books - but they should also not be singled out for special punishment.

The job of the press is to defend their institution, hold the government accountable and freely report and gather information.

The job of the press is to encourage debate, not to supply the public with information.

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

Our Republic and its press will rise or fall together.

Journalism is what maintains democracy. It's the force for progressive social change.

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

Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.

The United States is paradise compared to China, Russia, Ecuador and Cuba, with regard to the press. And with regard to secrecy and transparency.

The media does play a vital role in our democracy, and if we cannot depend on journalistic ethics, the nation's in trouble.