Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2003-06-16 Jun 16, 2003The threat of people acting in their own enlightened and rational self-interest strikes bureaucrats, politicians and social workers as ominous and dangerous.~ W. G. HillNothing is so galling to a people not broken in from birth as a paternal, or, in other words, a meddling government, a government which tells them what to read, and say, and eat, and drink and wear.~ Thomas Babington MacaulayI wouldn't call it fascism exactly, but a political system nominally controlled by an irresponsible, dumbed down electorate who are manipulated by dishonest, cynical, controlled mass media that dispense the propaganda of a corrupt political establishment can hardly be described as democracy either.~ Edward Zehr Jun 13, 2003The dominant purpose of the First Amendment was to prohibit the widespread practice of government suppression of embarrassing information.~ Justice William O. DouglasNothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle.~ Thomas JeffersonIt is a seldom proffered argument as to the advantages of a free press that it has a major function in keeping the government itself informed as to what the government is doing.~ Walter Cronkite Jun 12, 2003The right to defy an unconstitutional statute is basic in our scheme. Even when an ordinance requires a permit to make a speech, to deliver a sermon, to picket, to parade, or to assemble, it need not be honored when it’s invalid on its face.~ Justice Potter StewartOur republic and its press will rise and fall together.~ Joseph PulitzerWe must protect the right of our opponents to speak because we must hear what they have to say.~ Walter Lippmann Jun 11, 2003If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.~ George OrwellThe First Amendment was designed to protect offensive speech, because nobody ever tries to ban the other kind.~ Mike GodwinI may not agree with what you say, but to the death I will defend your right to say it.~ Voltaire Jun 10, 2003The 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 any part of the government from deceiving the people.~ Justice Hugo L. BlackThe very reason for the First Amendment is to make the people of this country free to think, speak, write and worship as they wish, not as the Government commands.~ Justice Hugo L. BlackIf we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.~ Noam Chomsky Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print