The right to discuss freely and openly, by speech, by the pen, by the press, all political questions, and to examine the animadvert upon all political institutions is a right so clear and certain, so interwoven with our other liberties, so necessary, in fact, to their existence, that without it we must fall into despotism and anarchy.


Power for Sanity: Selected Editorials of William Cullen Bryant, 1829-1861 (ed. Fordham Univ Press, 1832) - ISBN: 9780823215447

William Cullen Bryant Quotes

The right to discuss freely and openly, by speech, by the pen, by the press, all political questions, and to examine the animadvert upon all...

The right to discuss freely and openly, by speech, by the pen, by the press, all political questions, and to examine the animadvert upon all...

The right to discuss freely and openly, by speech, by the pen, by the press, all political questions, and to examine the animadvert upon all...

The right to discuss freely and openly, by speech, by the pen, by the press, all political questions, and to examine the animadvert upon all...