“Today in the United States, the corporate – or ‘mainstream’ – press is massively consolidated. And it has become remarkably monolithic in viewpoint, at the same time that an increasing number of journalists see themselves less as objective reporters of…

“The American people should be made aware of the trend toward monopolization of the great public information vehicles and the concentration of more and more power over public opinion in fewer and fewer hands.” Spiro Agnew, U. S. Vice-President. Source: 13 November 1969. Source…

“The news is like a ship. If you take hands off the wheel, it pulls hard to the left.” Roger Ailes, (1940-2017) American television executive. Chairman and CEO of Fox News Source: Fox News Is Dropping Its ‘Fair & Balanced’ Slogan,…

“No man can climb out beyond the limitations of his own character.” John Viscount Morley, (1838-1923), of Blackburn. Source Reference John Viscount Morley Quote

“The man who does not do his own thinking is a slave, and is a traitor to himself and his fellow men.” Robert G. Ingersoll, (1833-1899) American lawyer, Civil War veteran, political leader, orator of United States during the Golden Age of Free Thought, nicknamed “The Great…

“People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can’t…

“In matters of conscience, the law of majority has no place.” Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi, (1869-1948). Source Reference Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi Quote

“To argue against any breach of liberty from the ill use that may be made of it, is to argue against liberty itself, since all is capable of being abused.” Lord George Lyttleton, (1709-1773). Source Reference Lord George Lyttleton Quote

“My father taught that the only helping hand you’re ever going to be able to rely on is the one at the end of your sleeve.” J. C. Watts, Jr., (1957- ) US Congressman from Oklahoma (R), former quarterback in the Canadian…

“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” Benjamin Franklin, (1706-1790) US Founding Father 1755. Source: reply of the Pennsylvania Assembly to the governor, November 11, 1755. Later, the motto of the Historical Society of…

“Here is the Golden Rule of sound citizenship, the first and greatest lesson in the study of politics: You get the same order of criminality from any State to which you give power to exercise it; and whatever power you give the State…

“A government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away.” Barry Goldwater, (1909-1998) US Senator (R-Arizona). Source Reference Barry Goldwater Quote