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Re: Jefferson on the Press -- and Connectivity! :-)
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 09:49:20 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: Tice DeYoung <ticed () bellatlantic net> Date: May 19, 2009 9:27:38 AM EDT To: dave () farber net Cc: Tice DeYoung <ticed () bellatlantic net> Subject: Re: [IP] Jefferson on the Press -- and Connectivity! :-) Dave,Jefferson also said something to the effect that a Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have and that the course of history shows that as government grows, liberty decreases. Wise words for today when the USG is getting their $$ (and mitts) on everything.
Tice On May 19, 2009, at 5:45 AM, David Farber wrote:
Begin forwarded message: From: Seth Johnson <seth.johnson () RealMeasures dyndns org> Date: May 19, 2009 4:29:07 AM EDT To: David Farber <dave () farber net> Subject: Jefferson on the Press -- and Connectivity! :-) Reply-To: seth.johnson () RealMeasures dyndns org Hi David -- you can put this out on IP if you think it notable -- I just thought it really interesting to point out what Jefferson says in the last sentence here, right after the sentence that's usually cited: "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, 1787 Seth Johnson Corresponding Secretary New Yorkers for Fair Use ------------------------------------------- Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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