“Never trust governments absolutely and always do what you can to prevent them from doing too much harm.” John Arthur Passmore, (1914-2004) Australian philosopher.
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“A government resting on the minority is an aristocracy, not a republic, and could not be safe with a numerical and physical force against it, without a standing army, an enslaved press and a disarmed populace.” James Madison, (1751-1836), Father of the…

“The Press was protected so that it could bare the secrets of the government and inform the people. Only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government. And paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent…

“The further a society drifts from truth, the more it will hate those who speak it.” George Orwell[Eric Arthur Blair], (1903-1950) British author
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“No mighty king, no ambitious emperor, no pope, or prophet ever dreamt of such an awesome pulpit, so potent a magic wand [television].” Fred W. Friendly, (1915-1998) former president of CBS News, creator with Edward R. Murrow of the documentary television program ‘See…

“The press is hostile to the idea of liberty. Most people in the press are for big government. Most people think that the solution to anything, whether it’s health care problems, education, whatever it is – it’s got to be…

“One of our best-kept secrets is the degree to which a handful of huge corporations control the flow of information in the United States. Whether it is television, radio, newspapers, magazines, books or the Internet, a few giant conglomerates are…

“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,…

“What ISN’T in the news is often more important than what IS.” Ed Biersmith, 1942. Source Reference Ed Biersmith Quote

“Half the work that is done in this world is to make things appear what they are not.” Elias Root Beadle, (1812-1879) American (Afghanistan-born) Clergyman. Source Reference Elias Root Beadle Quote

“A really efficient totalitarian state would be one in which the all-powerful executive of political bosses and their army of managers control a population of slaves who do not have to be coerced, because they love their servitude. To make…

“In relation to the political decontamination of our public life, the government will embark upon a systematic campaign to restore the nation’s moral and material health. The whole educational system, theater, film, literature, the press and broadcasting — all these…