“Unfortunately, the media, which are not at all reluctant to act in their own self-interest, have succeeded in equating reform in the public mind with further restrictions on just about everyone else's freedom of political speech.” MindSelfPoliticalInterestMediaSpeechReformRestrictionSelf InterestReluctantPolitical Speeches Author:James L. Buckley
“They may then be willing to cast principled votes based on an educated understanding of the public interest in the face of polls suggesting that the public itself may have quite a different understanding of where its interest lies.” MayDifferentFacesLyingUnderstandingInterestWillingVoteCastsEducatedDeceitPollsSuggestingPublic InterestPrincipled Book:Freedom at Risk: Reflections on Politics, Liberty, and the State Source: Freedom at Risk: Reflections on Politics, Liberty, and the State