I tell you, in my opinion, the cornerstone of democracy is free press - that's the cornerstone.
[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.
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.
No matter how imperfect things are, if you've got a free press everything is correctable, and without it everything is concealable.
The only time you have a free press is when you own one.