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President John F. Kennedy:

" . . . there isn't any doubt that we could not do the job at all in a free society without a very, very active press"

#TruthIsTruth

“I think it (the press) is invaluable,” President John Kennedy

"It is never pleasant to be reading things frequently that are not agreeable news ... but I would say it is invaluable arm of the presidency as a check really on what is going on in administration.”

#TruthIsTruth
President Kennedy says the absence of a free press in the “totalitarian system” of the Soviet Union at the time (Russia today) is a “terrific disadvantage”
President Kennedy about the press:

"Even though we never like it, and even though we wish they didn’t write it, and even though we disapprove, there isn’t any doubt that we could not to the job at all in a free society without a very, very active press"

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