The liberty of the press would be an empty sound, and no man would venture to write on any subject, however, pure his purpose, without an attorney at one elbow and a counsel at the other. From minds thus subdued by the fear of punishment, there could issue no works of genius to expand the empire of human reason.


The Beauties of Erskine: Consisting of Selections from His Prose and Poetry (ed. 1834)

Thomas Erskine Quotes

The liberty of the press would be an empty sound, and no man would venture to write on any subject, however, pure his purpose, without an attorney at ...

The liberty of the press would be an empty sound, and no man would venture to write on any subject, however, pure his purpose, without an attorney at ...

The liberty of the press would be an empty sound, and no man would venture to write on any subject, however, pure his purpose, without an attorney at ...

The liberty of the press would be an empty sound, and no man would venture to write on any subject, however, pure his purpose, without an attorney at ...