Anybody who cares about the functioning of democracy should be concerned about the blurring of lines between public and private interests.

- Alexander Stille

Knowing where you have come from is important in forming an idea of where you want to go.

- Alexander Stille

I think people everywhere have a very dismaying feeling that politics are going over their heads, are being decided by wealthy interests that don't t…

- Alexander Stille

Money, media, and political power are very closely connected.

- Alexander Stille

Everyone understands that in a modern economy - transparency, accountability, a working justice system are part of having a functioning, modern socie…

- Alexander Stille

If somebody has a monopoly position, and wants to keep that monopoly position, it means that you are effectively shutting out competition from other …

- Alexander Stille

We live in a world in which celebrity recognition, media access, and power translate very quickly into political power and indeed economic power.

- Alexander Stille

I don't think people have fully processed how deeply television has changed the political process in our own world. Political parties have become ves…

- Alexander Stille

I think in the world we live in where television is the principal source of information for most people, it really affects the balance of the democra…

- Alexander Stille