"The cost of congressional and presidential campaigns has been leaping every two or four years. I think this year it will be 60 percent more than 1996; well over twice as much as in 1992 in the presidential and congressional races."

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"The cost of congressional and presidential campaigns has been leaping every two or four years. I think this year it will be 60 percent more than 1996; well over twice as much as in 1992 in the presidential and congressional races."

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"Do whatever you will, but first be such as are able to will."

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"He is winding the watch of his wit; by and by it will strike."

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"One believes others will do what he will do to himself."

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"Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will."

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"We shall all die, and our lives will be irrelevant then."

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"Those who will bear much, shall have much to bear."

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"I will listen to anyone's convictions, but pray keep your doubts to yourself."

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"Our existing media system today is the direct result of government laws and subsidies that created it."

Government

"So the system we have in radio and television today is the direct result of government policies that have been made in our name, in the name of the people, on our behalf, but without our informed consent."

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"When the government allocates monopoly rights to frequency, and there are only a handful in each community, it's picking the winners in the competition."

Government

"When the government picked companies and gave them monopoly rights to frequencies in San Francisco and Los Angeles and New York and Chicago, it was picking the winners of the competition; it wasn't setting the terms of the competition."

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"As the mainstream media has become increasingly dependent on advertising revenues for support, it has become an anti-democratic force in society."

Society

"Also, the commercial media in a superior position, really, to any other corporate lobby, because where would people hear about commercial media or corporate media criticism, where would they hear criticism of them other than in the commercial media?"

People

"So it's a much more difficult issue to organize around, because you can't get media at all to make your case. And that's where cases tend to be made politically."

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"If you look at the history of broadcasting, what you find is the National Association of Broadcasters is a trade association whose mission is to protect the interests of the commercial broadcasters."

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"But having said that, what's happening with campaign finance reform and our political culture is devastating."

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"If you're running for reelection in the House of Representatives race, you know, it's very important to you that you be on fairly good terms with the local affiliates in the largest market in your area. I mean you don't want to antagonize them."

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