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6935. PRESS (Freedom of the), Security in.—

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 Lafayette. Washington ed. vii, 325. Ford ed., x, 280.
(M. 1823)