“A newspaper has three things to do. One is to amuse, another is to entertain and the rest is to mislead.” Ernest Bevin, (1881-1951) British Foreign Minister. Source: at London Conference of Foreign Ministers, 10 Feb. 1946, quoted in The…

“The main thing is to have a soul that loves the truth and harbours it where he finds it. And another thing: truth requires constant repetition, because error is being preached about us all the time, and not only by…

“A radical is one who speaks the truth.” Charles A. Lindbergh, Sr., (1859-1924) Congressman (R-MN), father of famous aviator, June 15, 1957. Source Reference Famous Charles A. Lindbergh, Sr. Quote

“You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police. Yet in their hearts there is unspoken – unspeakable! – fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts! Words spoken…

“Every human being has a right to hear what other wise human beings have spoken to him. It is one of the Rights of Men; a very cruel injustice if you deny it to a man.” Thomas Carlyle, (1795-1881) Scottish…

“No nation, ancient or modern, ever lost the liberty of speaking freely, writing, or publishing their sentiments, but forthwith lost their liberty in general and became slaves.” John Peter Zenger, (1697-1746). Source Reference John Peter Zenger Quote

“Freedom of the press, or, to be more precise, the benefit of freedom of the press, belongs to everyone – to the citizen as well as the publisher… The crux is not the publisher’s ‘freedom to print’; it is, rather,…

“Truth and news are not the same thing.” Katharine Graham, (1917-2001) American publisher, owner of Washington Post and Newsweek magazine. Source Reference Katharine Graham Quote

“I would not be fooled by the old myth that reporting is about objectivity. Deciding what is news is the most subjective of acts and it is probably the most important thing that we do.” Carl Bernstein, (1944-) American investigative…

“A people are free in proportion as they form their own opinions.” Samuel Taylor Coleridge, (1772-1834) English poet, critic, philosopher, and a leader of the British Romantic movement. Source: The Watchman, 1796. Source Reference Samuel Taylor Coleridge Quote

“The right to discuss freely and openly, by speech, by the pen, by the press, all political questions, and to examine the animadvert upon all political institutions is a right so clear and certain, so interwoven with our other liberties,…

“Our republic and its press will rise and fall together.” Joseph Pulitzer, (1847-1911) Hungarian-born American newspaper publisher after whom the Pulitzer Prize was named. Source Reference Joseph Pulitzer Quote