The ultimate guarantor of journalistic responsibility is to the free exchange of ideas. That principle stands strong today. We must uphold it. It is sometimes said that journalism is too important to be left to journalists. That is wrong.
Journalism is too important to be directed by anyone else.
Thank you for the opportunity to share these views with you today. I promise you that the cause of justice and tolerance will be promoted a hundred times more effectively if the press is left alone to do its job.