Bill Moyers Quotes

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.

Vigorous independent and critical media are indispensable in a democracy.

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 most important thing the giant philanthropies could do - Gates, Rockefeller, Ford, Open Society Institute, and new ones emerging - would be to create a $2-to-$3 billion Trust for Independent Journalism. They wouldn't miss the money, and democracy would still have a fighting chance because of their investment.

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

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

A free and truly independent press - fiercely independent when necessary - is the red beating heart of freedom and democracy.

Democracy without a free press is inconceivable.

You can't have a free democracy if you don't have a free media that can provide vital and independent information to the people.

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

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.

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

A free press can only exist where there is private control over the means of production

I tell you, in my opinion, the cornerstone of democracy is free press - that's the cornerstone.

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

Journalism is irrepressible. It can't be taken away.

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

By freedom of the press I mean that no influence, whether of money or power or any other thing, either directs its policy or inclines it to suppression, or advocacy, for any consideration except the common good.

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.

We need a free press. We must have it. It's vital.

In the Netherlands, the press writes what they want.

Press freedom is not just about journalists, right? It's not just about us, it's not just about me, it's not just about Rappler. Press freedom is... the foundation of every single right of every single Filipino to the truth, so that we can hold the powerful to account.

In fact, the media should not be run by the government at all.

Freedom of the press underpins free societies around the world.

Nobody is going to tell Ed Schultz what to say.