Jefferson on the Press -- and Connectivity! :-)

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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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





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