Quotation Library
Media & Communication
The medium is the message.
Whoever controls the media controls the mind.
Freedom of the press is not just important to democracy; it is democracy.
Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed.
A free press is the unsleeping guardian of every other right.
The press was to serve the governed, not the governors.
News is what somebody somewhere wants to suppress; all the rest is advertising.
The function of the press is very high.
Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy, and mutual valuing.
The art of communication is the language of leadership.
The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.
Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.
Freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government.
The pen is mightier than the sword.
Bad news travels fast.
The newspaper is a greater treasure to the people than uncounted millions of gold.
Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom.
Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.
Information is the currency of democracy.
The duty of a newspaper is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
The internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow.
Communication works for those who work at it.
The more we elaborate on our means of communication, the less we communicate.
Journalism can never be silent.
Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state.
A popular government without popular information is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy.
Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assaults of thoughts on the unthinking.
The radio marks the end of the printed word.
The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in a democratic society.