“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

“Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.” A. J. Liebling, [Abbott Joseph Liebling] (1904-1963) American journalist, author, Source: The New Yorker, 1960. Source Reference A. J. Liebling Quote

“It is impossible for ideas to compete in the marketplace if no forum for their presentation is provided or available.” Thomas Mann, (1875-1955) German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, Nobel Prize in Literature (1929). Source Reference Thomas…

“Protection against government is now not enough to guarantee that a man who has something to say shall have a chance to say it. The owners and managers of the press determine which person, which facts, which version of the…

“If the report is accurate, the Supreme Court is poised to inflict the greatest restriction of rights in the past fifty years – not just on women but on all Americans.” Top Democratic lawmakers Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer in…