Thomas Jefferson on freedom of the press

Posted on October 21, 2007 by Lance

Thomas Jefferson to Edward Carrington, 1787

“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.”

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