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Jefferson on the Press -- and Connectivity! :-)
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 05:45:18 -0400
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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