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We here at Public Eye believe that Independence Day is a day to reflect on many things: how fortunate we are to be Americans; how come old-school entertainment like fireworks still does something for us; why baseball games struggle to get under three hours – can’t we make a rule that wriststraps can only be adjusted once per at-bat? Nomar, we’re talking to you – and why journalism isn’t just a Paris Hilton-style diversion, but a vocation.

Given the fact that we’ll be taking tomorrow to celebrate America’s birthday – despite the Declaration of Independence being signed on July 2nd (there’s the factchecker in us again) – we wanted to commemorate the occasion. And not only with some ground beef on a grill and a chance encounter with an adult beverage, but with our favorite quotes/aphorisms/mottos/one-liners about journalism, freedom of the press and all the sort of stuff Charles Foster Kane tossed in his Declaration of Principles.

So without further ado, we present to you a list – yes, a list – of 10 of our favorite quotes about The Fourth Estate. Feel free to work any or all of them into your bar-b-que plans for the holiday, and pass them off as though they were on the top of your head all along. We know you will anyway.

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