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Freedom of the press is not an end in itself but a means to the end of achieving a free society.

Our founding fathers could not have foreseen that freedom of the press might eventually be threatened just as much by media consolidation as by government.

The liberty of the Press is the Palladium of all the civil, political and religious rights of an Englishman.

The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention span.

When someone has to intervene to defend the liberty of the press, that society is sick.

The function of the press in society is to inform, but its role in society is to make money.

As Americans, we rightfully place tremendous value on having a free and independent press. Our role as journalists is to give voice to the voiceless, and hold our leaders and institutions accountable. But the circle is only completed when that information is consumed by a free-thinking and engaged audience.

The freedom of the press works in such a way that there is not much freedom from it.

To the press alone, chequered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.

Woe to that nation whose literature is cut short by the intrusion of force. This is not merely interference with freedom of the press but the sealing up of a nation's heart, the excision of its memory.