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The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention span
The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention span
The press is the best instrument for enlightening the mind of man, and improving him as a rational, moral and read more
The press is the best instrument for enlightening the mind of man, and improving him as a rational, moral and social being
The trouble with censors is that they worry if a girl has cleavage. They ought to worry if she hasn't read more
The trouble with censors is that they worry if a girl has cleavage. They ought to worry if she hasn't any.
The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. [For] to a degree, people read the press to inform read more
The smarter the journalists are, the better off society is. [For] to a degree, people read the press to inform themselves-and the better the teacher, the better the student body.
A free press can of course be good or bad, but, most certainly, without freedom it will never be anything read more
A free press can of course be good or bad, but, most certainly, without freedom it will never be anything but bad. . . . Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better, whereas enslavement is a certainty of the worse.
Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody reads.
Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody reads.
Censorship in any form is the enemy of creativity, since it cuts off the life blood of creativity: ideas.
Censorship in any form is the enemy of creativity, since it cuts off the life blood of creativity: ideas.
If there had been a censorship of the press in Rome we should have had today neither Horace nor Juvenal, read more
If there had been a censorship of the press in Rome we should have had today neither Horace nor Juvenal, nor the philosophical writings of Cicero.
The function of the press in society is to inform, but its role in society is to make money.
The function of the press in society is to inform, but its role in society is to make money.
