The Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to bare the secrets of government and inform the people.

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Paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part...

Paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part...

The Framers [of the Constitution] knew that free speech is the friend of change and...

The Framers [of the Constitution] knew that free speech is the friend of change and...

Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part...

Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part...

Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part...

Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part...

We believe trial judges confronted with disruptive, contumacious, stubbornly defiant defendants must be given sufficient...

We believe trial judges confronted with disruptive, contumacious, stubbornly defiant defendants must be given sufficient...

In my view, far from deserving condemnation for their courageous reporting, the New York Times,...

In my view, far from deserving condemnation for their courageous reporting, the New York Times,...

When I was 40, my doctor advised me that a man in his 40s shouldn't...

When I was 40, my doctor advised me that a man in his 40s shouldn't...

The Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have [to] bare the...

The Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have [to] bare the...

The constitutional prohibition against laws respecting an establishment of religion must at least mean that...

The constitutional prohibition against laws respecting an establishment of religion must at least mean that...

A union of government and religion tends to destroy government and degrade religion.

A union of government and religion tends to destroy government and degrade religion.

Our Constitution was not written in the sands to be washed away by each wave...

Our Constitution was not written in the sands to be washed away by each wave...

The Framers [of the Constitution] knew that free speech is the friend of change and...

The Framers [of the Constitution] knew that free speech is the friend of change and...

It is the paradox of life that the way to miss pleasure is to seek...

It is the paradox of life that the way to miss pleasure is to seek...

The First Amendment was added to the Constitution to stand as a guarantee that neither...

The First Amendment was added to the Constitution to stand as a guarantee that neither...

Our Constitution was not written in the sands to be washed away by each wave...

Our Constitution was not written in the sands to be washed away by each wave...

The Framers [of the Constitution] knew that free speech is the friend of change and...

The Framers [of the Constitution] knew that free speech is the friend of change and...

Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part...

Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part...

A critic is a bundle of biases held loosely together by a sense of taste.

A critic is a bundle of biases held loosely together by a sense of taste.

If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.

If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to...

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to...

Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience,...

Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience,...

Government, which does not and did not grant us our rights, must not now seek...

Government, which does not and did not grant us our rights, must not now seek...