Press Protections

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and Deceptions

“Our citizens may be deceived for awhile, and have been deceived; but as long as the presses can be protected, we may trust to them for light.”

—Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), Founding Father and 3rd U.S. president, in letter to lawyer Archibald Stuart, 1799.

• Editorial Comment: Go toward the light.


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