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Presses Quotes - Page 4

I cannot overemphasise the value we place on a free, independent and outspoken press

Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.163, Pan Macmillan

The oak has not the efficacy of the fir, nor the cypress that of the elm.

"De architectura". Book by Vitruvius. Book II, Chapter IX, Section 5,

The press doesn't like me, because I am a weirdo to them, so they do everything to create their own fictional Kola Boof.

"Kola Boof: Words with the Author of the Best Black Book of 2006". Interview with Kam Williams, aalbc.com.

I'm not someone who plays a part for the press junket.

Interview with Rob Carnevale, www.indielondon.co.uk.

I get along fine with the press.

"I was up at six. I've a party to go to. So what is it you want?". Interview with Rachel Cooke, October 1, 2006.

I like the best of the British press. The best of the British press is very good.

"'I shouldn't have read the papers so much when I was PM'". Interview with Julia Langdon, www.theguardian.com. March 4, 2007.