Glenn Greenwald Quotes

If you believe in journalism, you don't insult good journalists.

I have such respect for 'Democracy Now!'

Journalists who swallow the subject's account whole and publish it are not journalists but publicists.

Journalists aren't supposed to be cheerleaders.

If you don't think there is any value in the work I, or any other serious journalists do, then don't spend your money on it. At least you have the choice.

What separated Ed Murrow from the rest of the pack was courage.

There is a kind of courtesy in skepticism. It would be an offense against polite conventions to press our doubts too far.

Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying No to any authority - literary, artistic, philosophic, religious, social and even political.

Scepticism is as important for a good journalist as it is for a good scientist.

I don't think there's any reason in journalism not to approach stories we cover with humility, empathy, compassion, and intellectual openness. I mean, I think those are just important human traits. I don't think that precludes scrutiny, negativity, where it's appropriate.

Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write.

I love all men who think, even those who think otherwise than myself.

The truth is found when men are free to pursue it.

My father and mother treated us children as intellectual equals, thus greatly bolstering our self-confidence and our interest in ideas of all kinds.

I think we're doing the right things for the right reasons. We're not doing it to sell products. We're not doing it to be popular. We're doing it because in our judgment these stories are important to do, and at this length and this much depth.

I see journalists as the manual workers, the laborers of the word. Journalism can only be literature when it is passionate.

Scepticism is a necessary and vital part of the journalist's toolkit. But when scepticism becomes cynicism it can close off thought and block the search for truth.

The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. For to a degree, people read the press to inform themselves - and the better the teacher, the better the student body.

I look forward to beginning a relationship with Al Jazeera America, which has made a commitment to producing quality programming and pursuing underreported stories.

The competitive advantage professional journalism enjoys over the free is just that: professional journalists, whose paid positions give them the time and resources they need to commit more fully to the task. If we can't do better, so be it.

Journalists hold themselves apart, and above, the common person. They have rules designed to ensure their objectivity and impartiality.

Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

I want to find someone on the earth so intelligent that he welcomes opinions which he condemns.

In an open society, no idea can be above scrutiny, just as no people should be beneath dignity.

What NPR did, I'm very proud of, and what NPR stood for is non-racist, non-bigoted, straightforward telling of the news.