"The task of the media in a democracy is not to ease the path of those who govern, but to make life difficult for them by constant vigilance as to how they exercise the power they only hold in trust from the people."

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Source : "We don't want a gravy train for the well-connected few" by Jimmy Reid, www.theguardian.com. September 29, 1999.

Jimmy Reid

#Exercise Quotes #Media Quotes #People Quotes

“The valor that struggles is better than the weakness that endures.”
“Mankind can only disappoint mother nature for so long”
“If you don't believe...Saddam Hussein is a threat with nuclear weapons, then you shouldn't vote for me.”
“Salad is roughage and a French idea.”
“It's hard to write music for specific things, because I'm always writing just to write.”
“The same stimulus that animates men to action, will have a proportionate effect on juvenile minds.”

Source : Joseph Lancaster (1807). “Improvements in Education, as it Respects the Industrious Classes of the Community: Containing Among Other Important Particulars, an Account of the Institution for the Education of One Thousand Poor Children, Borough Road, Southwark; and of the New System of Education on which it is Conducted”, p.145
“My idea of home is not necessarily a place.”
“It's like killing roaches. You have to kill 'em all...Otherwise, what's the use?”

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