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title: "17 Liberty Press Quotes by 16 authors"
description: "Browse 17 Liberty Press quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Liberty Press sayings and thoughts."
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> [The liberty of the press is most generally approved when it takes liberties with the other fellow, and leaves us alone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-watson-howe/the-liberty-of-the-press-is-most-generally-approved-when-it-takes/)

[Edgar Watson Howe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edgar-watson-howe/)

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> [Despotism can no more exist in a nation until the liberty of the press be destroyed than the night can happen before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-caleb-colton/despotism-can-no-more-exist-in-a-nation-until-the-liberty-of-the/)

[Charles Caleb Colton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-caleb-colton/)

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> [When someone has to intervene to defend the liberty of the press, that society is sick.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/umberto-eco/when-someone-has-to-intervene-to-defend-the-liberty-of-the-press-that/)

[Umberto Eco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/umberto-eco/)

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> [The liberty of the Press is the Palladium of all the civil, political and religious rights of an Englishman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junius/the-liberty-of-the-press-is-the-palladium-of-all-the-civil-political/)

[Junius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junius/)

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> [If I were to give liberty to the press, my power could not last three days.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/napoleon-bonaparte/if-i-were-to-give-liberty-to-the-press-my-power-could-not-last-three/)

[Napoleon Bonaparte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/napoleon-bonaparte/)

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> [The liberty of the press is not confined to newspapers and periodicals. It necessarily embraces pamphlets and leaflets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-evans-hughes/the-liberty-of-the-press-is-not-confined-to-newspapers-and/)

[Charles Evans Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-evans-hughes/)

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> [“The criminal excesses of unlimited capitalistic liberty had soon been checked thanks to the unlimited liberty of the press.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/salvador-de-madariaga/the-criminal-excesses-of-unlimited-capitalistic-liberty-had-soon-been/)

[Salvador de Madariaga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/salvador-de-madariaga/)

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> [The liberty of the press is not confined to newspapers and periodicals. It necessarily embraces pamphlets and leaflets. These indeed have been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-evans-hughes/the-liberty-of-the-press-is-not-confined-to-newspapers-and-2/)

[Charles Evans Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-evans-hughes/)

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> [The loss of liberty in general would soon follow the suppression of the liberty of the press; for it is an essential…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-peter-zenger/the-loss-of-liberty-in-general-would-soon-follow-the-suppression-of/)

[John Peter Zenger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-peter-zenger/)

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> [The Liberty of the press consists in the right to publish with impunity truth with good motives for justifiable ends, though reflecting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/the-liberty-of-the-press-consists-in-the-right-to-publish-with/)

[Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/)

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> [“in order to enjoy the inestimable benefits which the liberty of the press ensures, it is necessary to submit to the inevitable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/in-order-to-enjoy-the-inestimable-benefits-which-the-liberty-of-the/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“At that time, for the thought written in stone, there existed a privilege perfectly comparable to our present liberty of the press.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-hugo/at-that-time-for-the-thought-written-in-stone-there-existed-a/)

[Victor Hugo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-hugo/)

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> [The liberty of the press is a blessing when we are inclined to write against others, and a calamity when we find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-liberty-of-the-press-is-a-blessing-when-we-are-inclined-to-write/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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> [The liberty of the press would be an empty sound, and no man would venture to write on any subject, however, pure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-erskine-1st-baron-erskine/the-liberty-of-the-press-would-be-an-empty-sound-and-no-man-would/)

[Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-erskine-1st-baron-erskine/)

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> [The liberty of the press is indeed essential to the nature of a free state: but this consists in laying no previous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-blackstone/the-liberty-of-the-press-is-indeed-essential-to-the-nature-of-a-free/)

[William Blackstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-blackstone/)

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> [The true liberty of the press is amply secured by permitting every man to publish his opinion; but it is due to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-mckean/the-true-liberty-of-the-press-is-amply-secured-by-permitting-every/)

[Thomas McKean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-mckean/)

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> [ That this liberty \[of the press\] is often carried to excess; that it has sometimes degenerated into licentiousness, is seen and lamented,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/that-this-liberty-of-the-press-is-often-carried-to-excess-that-it-has/)

[James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-madison/)

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