Quote by Morley Safer

"Journalism is the only profession explicitly protected by the Constitution, not because journalists are especially virtuous, but because free speech is so vital to democracy."

Morley Safer
Broadcast Journalist Canadian-American 1931–2016

More from Morley Safer

"The truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself."
"The obligation of the journalist is to the truth, period."
"Good journalism is like a vaccine against lies."
"We are constantly being sold a bill of goods about how we should think and feel."

All quotes by Morley Safer