Amy Goodman Quotes

born 1957 United States

Amy Goodman (born April 13, 1957) is an American broadcast journalist, author, and co-founder (1996) and main host of Democracy Now!, a progressive global news program broadcast daily on radio, television and the Internet.

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In the meantime, it just makes it a little harder to smile. But so does the world.

Journalists are supposed to be the check and balance on power, not win popularity contests.

Saying "no" to injustice is the ultimate declaration of hope.

The young people at these climate summits have always amazed me with their eloquence and bravery.

Democracy Now!: Twenty Years Covering the Movements Changing America (2016)

The media are using a national treasure--that's what the public airwaves are. And they have a responsibility to bring out the full diversity of opinion or lose their licenses.

Great change begins with small steps taken at home.

Standing Up To the Madness: Ordinary Heroes In Extraordinary Times with David Goodman (2008)

people cannot take action if they don't have accurate information.

The Exception to the Rulers written with David Goodman (2004)

The Bush team has invoked a basic principle of propaganda: Control the images and you control the people.

The Exception to the Rulers written with David Goodman (2004)

Skeptical of the corporare media, people have developed their own.

The Silenced Majority: Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope with Denis Moynihan (2012)

This bears repeating: the sixty-two wealthiest people-a group that could fit on a bus-control more wealth than three and a half billion people.

Democracy Now!: Twenty Years Covering the Movements Changing America (2016)

We need a media that covers power, not covers for power.

Democracy Now!: Twenty Years Covering the Movements Changing America (2016)

I believe the media can be the greatest force for peace on Earth. Instead, all too often, it is wielded as a weapon of war. That has to be challenged.

Democracy Now!: Twenty Years Covering the Movements Changing America (2016)

What the corporations fear most is that grassroots activists and independent journalists will utilize the same model that companies have used to grab power: globalization. Grassroots globalization.

The Exception to the Rulers written with David Goodman (2004)

Our responsibility in independent media is to cover the entire discussion, from the suites to the streets.

Democracy Now!: Twenty Years Covering the Movements Changing America (2016)

That is one of the media's most serious responsibilities, to open up the discussion.

The Exception to the Rulers written with David Goodman (2004)

Vibrant debate and dissent exist in this country, but you are not reading or hearing about this in the mainstream press.

The Exception to the Rulers written with David Goodman (2004)

By stripping away the profit motive, by removing the Wall Street bankers from the picture, solid, disciplined, nonprofit journalism is possible.

The Silenced Majority: Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope with Denis Moynihan (2012)

What gives me hope? It's the movements. Movements often start with a courageous act of resistance. These are not isolated acts. They are inspired by past movements. And they inspire future ones.

Democracy Now!: Twenty Years Covering the Movements Changing America (2016)

Our job is to provide a forum for people to speak for themselves, to describe their own experiences. This breaks down stereotypes and bigotry, things that fuel racial profiling, which ultimately endangers us all.

We are a compassionate people. But people cannot take action if they don't have accurate information.

The Exception to the Rulers written with David Goodman (2004)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Amy Goodman (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.