“The loss of liberty in general would soon follow the suppression of the liberty of the press; for it is an essential branch of liberty, so perhaps it is the best preservative of the whole.” — John Peter Zenger, colonial printer, 1733

“Religious liberty is the chief cornerstone of the American system of government, and provisions for its security are imbedded in the written charter and interwoven in the moral fabric of its laws.” — Thomas F. Bayard, politician, 1885

“Beware the forces of suppression, however cuddly they may claim to be. They will blindfold your eyes and muffle your ears — until you can hardly feel them stealing your brain.” — Michael Pakenham, book section editor, The Baltimore Sun, 1996

“A good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself.” — Arthur Miller, playwright, essayist, author, 1961

“Be fresh. Be informative. Be inviting. Be accurate and fair. Be appetizing. Be clear. Be imaginative. Be unselfish. Care. Care. Care. Take it and show it.” — Chips Quinn, editor, Poughkeepsie (N.Y.) Journal, 1990

“Show me a writer, any writer, who hasn’t suffered, and I’ll show you someone who writes in pastels as opposed to primary colors.” — Rita Mae Brown, writer, American Artists Inc., 1988

“To the government, the press is something to be feared, to be regarded as an enemy, to be crushed.” — Ahmad Taufik, jailed Indonesian journalist, 1995

“Most people in this country trust the press. They might not like some of the things we do, or the way we do them, but they trust the press. And most people in this country value a free press.” — Ed Bradley, journalist, 1987

— Quotes from First Amendment Calendar, produced by the Freedom Forum First Amendment Center, 2009