The liberty of the press ought to be left where the Constitution has placed it, without any power in Congress to abridge it; that if they abridge it, they will destroy it; and that whenever that falls, all our liberties must fall with it.


Letter to a friend in Virginia (1798); cited in The Great Quotations, compiled by George Seldes (1960)

George Nicholas Quotes

The liberty of the press ought to be left where the Constitution has placed it, without any power in Congress to abridge it; that if they abridge it, ...

The liberty of the press ought to be left where the Constitution has placed it, without any power in Congress to abridge it; that if they abridge it, ...

The liberty of the press ought to be left where the Constitution has placed it, without any power in Congress to abridge it; that if they abridge it, ...

The liberty of the press ought to be left where the Constitution has placed it, without any power in Congress to abridge it; that if they abridge it, ...