Learned Hand Quotes

Ever since Gutenberg, every dynasty, every political leader, every major religion, has recognized that to control the media is to have a powerful instrument for controlling the values and behavior of a population.

Whoever controls the media, controls the mind.

The state must not ... let itself be confused by the drivel about so-called "freedom of the press," ... it must make sure of this instrument of popular education, and place it in the service of the state.

The media is either our salvation or our death.

I don't know how you can do it, if you don't recognition the media as a power center in America.

Whoever controls the media—the images—controls the culture.

The press ... is but the servant of human intellect and its ministry is for good or evil, according to the character of those who direct it. The press is a mill that grinds all that is put into its hopper. Fill the hopper with poisoned grain and it will grind it to meal, but there is death in the bread.

The press, like fire, is an excellent servant, but a terrible master.

The White House expansion to control the entire corpus of the News was the direct result of television.

The primary purpose of the media is to mobilize support for the controlling interests.

The media is comparable to government--probably passes government in raw power

The media is so powerful.

Television is democracy at its ugliest.

It is the emergence of mass media which makes possible the use of propaganda techniques on a societal scale.

The media's power is frail. Without the people's support, it can be shut off with the ease of turning a light switch.

The media can be a really strong vehicle.

Power in America today is control of the means of communication.

Give people control of the media and they will use it. Don’t give them control and you will lose it.

The newspapers of your country seem to be more powerful than the government.

The nation whose population depends on the explosively compressed headline service of television news can expect to be exploited by the demagogues and dictators who prey upon the semi-informed.

To say that the newspaper press represents public opinion is to administer insult to intelligent men. It is the property of speculators, political leaders, large contractors and railway directors.

It is the emergence of mass media which makes possible the use of propaganda techniques on a societal scale. The orchestration of press, radio and television to create a continuous, lasting and total environment renders the influence of propaganda virtually unnoticed precisely because it creates a constant environment.

The Press has not only a great influence over our manners and morals, but contributes largely to our pleasures.

Whatever may be said about the power of the press, it is undeniable that it can set the entire public thinking and talking about any topic ...

It's hard not to look at the road of the media and how the media is a big part of painting a picture for public opinion.