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5948. NEWSPAPERS, Freedom of.—[further continued].

The only security of all
is in a free press. The force of public opinion
cannot be resisted, when permitted freely
to be expressed. The agitation it produces
must be submitted to. It is necessary to
keep the waters pure.—
To Marquis de Lafayette. Washington ed. vii, 325. Ford ed., x, 280.
(M. 1823)

See Press, Freedom of.