Jonathan Dimbleby Quotes

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

The perception of broadcasters as community trustees should be replaced by a view of broadcasters as marketplace participants.

Public broadcasting makes our nation smarter, stronger and, yes, safer.

I don't think anyone in the media thinks strategically about society.

What motivated me to dedicate myself to public service for nearly two-thirds of my life was the chance to produce results for those people who entrusted me to be their voice and their champion.

And I believe that public broadcasting has an important trust with the American people, it's an intimate medium of television, and that we can do reading and language development for young children without getting into human sexuality.

The BBC fulfils a wonderful cultural function. Maybe the problem is that it feels it needs to be everything to everybody.

I have a lifelong devotion to public service.

Which is supposed to mean they're doing something in their broadcasting they would not do is they were simply out to maximize profit; if they were really public service institutions, not purely profit maximizing institutions.

I see myself as an old man and an unqualified teacher to the nation. I think being a teacher is probably the most important thing you can be in politics.

The Royal Family have always had an interest in a number of different areas of society. We are a part of society.

I wanted to better inform the world.

I think journalism is a great way to do public service, to have an impact on your community.

What drives people to public service is a sense of possibility. If you haven't sensed that possibility you don't get started in the same way, you don't feel you can have an impact.

Whether people care enough about local news to pay for it is, sadly, an entirely different question than whether our democracy requires a strong watchdog function at the local level to ensure safeguards against abuse, chicanery, and outright dishonesty.

I do not believe 'Newsweek' is the only catcher in the rye between democracy and ignorance, but I think we're one of them, and I don't think there are that many on the edge of that cliff.

Besides entertainment and action, I want to educate. You know, as a producer or director, we do have a responsibility to society.

It's the most rewarding thing to be a civil servant.

It's up to us to take pop culture back and to express quality and dignity for both boys and girls.

I think there's no higher calling in terms of a career than public service, which is a chance to make a difference in people's lives and improve the world.

I was looking for a new challenge and got an interest in trying to make a difference for families. You become more aware of how important families are. They are the key institution in our culture. The reason I got into politics was to try to make a difference for that key institution, whether it was tax policy, education policy, or whatever.

I would wish eventually to be able to make television that informs and educates as well as entertains.

The diiference is that in the private sector you work for yourself, and as Prime Minister I work for every single Haitian - inside Haiti and outside - and for all those who love Haiti as well.

I grew up assuming that I would be in public service. I never planned to be in business.

I don't personally feel that I have to save democracy and journalism.