Entry 172

Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power and muzzled the politicians.
Karl Otto von Schonhausen Bismarck

Did Charity prevail, the press would prove A vehicle of virtue, truth, and love.
William Cowper

Nobody's interested in sweetness and light.
Hedda Hopper

The theory of the free press is not that the truth will be presented completely or perfectly in any one instance, but that the truth will emerge from free discussion.

Walter Lippman

The press is not only free, it is powerful. That power is ours. It is the proudest that man can enjoy.
Benjamin Disraeli