Spiro Agnew Quotes

If journalism is good, it is controversial, by its nature.

I'm not going to make general comments about the British press.

If we shake the pillar of a free and objective press, we're harming our American national interests.

The job of the press is to encourage debate, not to supply the public with information.

Journalism is irrepressible. It can't be taken away.

I happen to believe that any legitimate news organization in the world would do that interview. And if the United States is going to be a proponent of a free press, it has to walk the walk.

In America we don’t apologize for opinions, that’s why we have a 1st Amendment. If we can’t discuss even controversial opinions in the pages of our newspapers, where are we going to do it?

Being a reporter is at the very core of a democracy, being a free person in a free society.

A people without reliable news is, sooner or later, a people without the basis of freedom.

The more servile a reporter is toward his sources, the more authoritative he can appear in print.

The media are the opposition party.

I normally have a healthy fear of journalists.

When Trump attacks the news media, he's kicking a wounded animal.

I think politics is always about dialogue. I think journalism ranges from dialogue to monologue, and there are times when different poles are necessary.

I myself have felt the wrath of the media, but that's part of what a good democracy is.

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.

It still surprises me when I find something in any North Carolina newspaper that isn't mad at me about something.

There are aspects of '24' where I love its politics and aspects where I hate them.

Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.

Well, thank God for a media that will ask questions.

The best thing about the Congress is that it is the last place where you can have face-to-face interviews and interaction with the newsmakers themselves.

The fact is that in a way, journalists become a kind of default in the system when you don't have substantive two-party back-and-forth inside of the government.

I'd always been a news junkie, always read lots of newspapers and watched the Sunday morning news shows on TV and felt strongly about issues of power, control, sexuality and race.

I respect very much the role of the media in our society; I think they can be very, very helpful. They serve as a very useful check, sort of a watchdog over the actions of the government, and I respect that.

Journalists are accused of being lapdogs when they don't ask the hard questions, but then accused of being rude when they do. Good thing we have tough hides.