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Quotation from The Virginia Declaration of Rights by George Mason
“That the freedom of the press is one of the greatest bulwarks of liberty and can never be restrained but by despotic governments.”
The Virginia Declaration of Rights, Section XII (Avalon Project transcription)
An early American guarantee of a free press, later reflected in the First Amendment.
Citation: "That the freedom of the press is one of the greatest bulwarks of liberty and can never be restrained but by despotic governments." — George Mason, The Virginia Declaration of Rights, Section XII (Avalon Project transcription). (id virginia-declaration-of-rights-q3)
Portrait: George Mason, After John Hesselius, Public domain.
