Anastas Mikoyan (1895–1978) Russian revolutionary and Soviet statesman
Traveling With Mikoyan Quote By Quote (1959)
In a phone interview with Maria Bartiromo on Fox News November 29, 2020
2020, November 2020
Anastas Mikoyan (1895–1978) Russian revolutionary and Soviet statesman
Traveling With Mikoyan Quote By Quote (1959)
Ian Hislop (1960) Satirical comedian, Editor, Television and radio presenter
On Have I Got News For You, 11 October 2013.
George W. Bush (1946) 43rd President of the United States
2000s, 2002, State of the Union address (January 2002)
Anna Soubry (1956) British politician
Theresa May condemns abuse of MPs over Brexit https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42385002 BBC News (19 December 2017) <br class="br">2017
“We needed to have the press be our friend.”
Sharron Angle (1949) Former member of the Nevada Assembly from 1999 to 2007
interview with Carl Cameron on Fox News Channel, 2010-08-02
Context: Sharron Angle: We needed to have the press be our friend.
Carl Cameron: Wait a minute. Hold on a second. To be your friend…?
Sharron Angle: Well, truly—
Carl Cameron: That sounds naive.
Sharron Angle: Well, no. We wanted them to ask the questions we want to answer so that they report the news the way we want it to be reported.
“We need a free press. We must have it. It's vital. If”
John McCain (1936–2018) politician from the United States
As quoted in "McCain says suppressing free press is 'how dictators get started'" http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-mccain-idUSKBN15Y07R?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=Social (19 February 2017), Reuters <br class="br">2010s, 2017 <br class="br">Context: I hate the press; I hate you especially. But the fact is we need you. We need a free press. We must have it. It's vital. If you want to preserve - I'm very serious now - if you want to preserve democracy as we know it, you have to have a free and many times adversarial press. And without it, I am afraid that we would lose so much of our individual liberties over time. That's how dictators get started. They get started by suppressing free press. In other words, a consolidation of power. When you look at history, the first thing that dictators do is shut down the press... [W]e need to learn the lessons of history.
Ralph Nader (1934) American consumer rights activist and corporate critic
"American Mythology and the Loss of Democracy" (2018)
Francis Escudero (1969) Filipino politician
The Official Website of the Senate of the Philippines http://www.senate.gov.ph/press_release/2009/0228_escudero2.asp <br class="br">2009, Statement: I Stand by the Side of Freedom
Byron Katie (1942) American spiritual writer
Source: Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life