john f kennedy without debate without criticism no administration and no country can succeed and no republic can survive that is why the athenian lawmaker solon decreed it a crime for any citizen to shrink from controversy and that is why our press was protected by the first amendment the only business in america specifically protected by the constitution not primarily to amuse and entertain not to emphasize the trivial and the sentimental not to simply give the public what it wants but to inform to arouse to reflect to state our dangers and our opportunities to indicate our crises and our choices to lead mold educate and sometimes even anger public opinion