A free press stands as one of the great interpreters between the government and the people. To allow it to be fettered is to fetter ourselves.
[N]o democracy with a free press has ever experienced a major famine.
A free press doesn't mean it's not a tame press.
The only time you have a free press is when you own one.
I tell you, in my opinion, the cornerstone of democracy is free press - that's the cornerstone.
No matter how imperfect things are, if you've got a free press everything is correctable, and without it everything is concealable.