“We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people." [Remarks on the 20th Anniversary of the Voice of America; Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, February 26, 1962]” John F. Kennedy
“The media is the right arm of anarchy.” Dan Brown, Angels & Demons
“The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.” James Madison
“All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that's an alibi for my ignorance.” Will Rogers
“Those who are capable of tyranny are capable of perjury to sustain it.” Lysander Spooner