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poboy2

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1. ...whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government,...

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Mon Apr 2, 2018, 05:03 PM

Apr 2018

"The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. But I should mean that every man should receive those papers and be capable of reading them." --Thomas Jefferson to Edward Carrington, 1787. ME 6:57

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Thomas Jefferson on the importance of a free press- [View all] poboy2 Apr 2018 OP

...whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government,... poboy2 Apr 2018 #1

liberty of the nation depends on the freedom of the press... poboy2 Apr 2018 #2

... nor can they be safe with them without information... poboy2 Apr 2018 #3

A free press is necessary for a strong democracy... poboy2 Apr 2018 #4