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Quotation from Second Inaugural Address by Thomas Jefferson

“the press, confined to truth, needs no other legal restraint”

Thomas Jefferson

Second Inaugural Address, Inaugural address, section on the press (Project Gutenberg #4938)

Jefferson's conclusion from four years of partisan newspaper attacks.

Citation: "the press, confined to truth, needs no other legal restraint" — Thomas Jefferson, Second Inaugural Address, Inaugural address, section on the press (Project Gutenberg #4938). (id jefferson-second-inaugural-address-q7)

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