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Quote from Edmund Burke,


"There are three estates in Parliament but in the Reporters' Gallery yonder there sits a Fourth Estate more important far than they all. It is not a figure of speech or witty saying, it is a literal fact, very momentous to us in these times."



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Edmund Burke (more quotes by Edmund Burke or books by/about Edmund Burke)


(1729-1797) Irish-born British statesman, parliamentary orator, and political thinker

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Knowledge, Media, Press, Vigilance

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