Hunter S. Thompson Quotes

Journalism is the protection between people and any sort of totalitarian rule. That's why my hero, admittedly a flawed one, is a journalist.

We don't go into journalism to be popular. It is our job to seek the truth and put constant pressure on our leaders until we get answers.

We need journalists to be fearless and hold power to account.

The media has become more forceful, has begun to recognize its traditional historic role and act on it, and truth is infectious.

I think the future of journalism is going to be a battle between caution and recklessness. And I think a little bit of recklessness is a good thing, as some of the WikiLeaks cables proved.

It is the role of good journalism to take on powerful abusers, and when powerful abusers are taken on, there's always a bad reaction. So we see that controversy, and we believe that is a good thing to engage in.

Press freedom has great virtues. It is not about irresponsible scandal-mongering, although that may be part of the picture. It is a means of revealing wrongdoing.

Journalists are supposed to put the people first, even before themselves. Around the world and throughout history, journalists have died to get the truth out.

The courage in journalism is sticking up for the unpopular, not the popular.

When journalists forget that our job is to question and annoy those in power, there can be huge consequences.

Nothing is more idealistic than a journalist on the defensive.

In a film muddied by fictional detail, the new Spielberg production 'Fifth Estate''s portrayal of the 'Guardian''s work with Wikileaks is accurate in describing the running dispute between journalists who wanted to redact documents to make them safe and Julian Assange, who wanted no such restraint.

The truth is, I don't have any problem with journalists - I count some of them as friends - also some of my heroes are journalists, I'm a big fan of Robert Fisk - great people or crazy people who are prepared to stand up for what's right.

I have always thought it morally unacceptable to kill stories, not to run stories, that people have risked their lives to get.

You hope the American people are fair. We recognize journalists have to kill somebody each week.

Now everybody is questioning everything, so it's up to journalists who really care about the truth to fight for their corner of the truth and journalistic freedom.

I love reporting stories that the Complex refuses to report.

Journalism can never be silent: that is its greatest virtue and its greatest fault.

The judgment means a lot. As a journalist being accused of invading someone's privacy, there is always a risk that it will stick to your name.

In my view, far from deserving condemnation for their courageous reporting, the New York Times, the Washington Post and other newspapers should be commended for serving the purpose that the Founding Fathers saw so clearly.

Journalism: A profession whose business is to explain to others what it personally does not understand.

Most reporters who come to me get their stories directly from press releases. Very few do what one would consider to be their professional duty.

I think that some of the greatest muckrakers and some of the greatest investigative journalists of all time had strong feelings about civil rights. There is a role for the journalist-advocate. And as long as you play your cards on the table, I think that's a role that we should allow.

We have to protect all journalists, and journalists have to be allowed to do their jobs.

The duty of the media is to observe truth and social responsibility.