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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 his purpose, without an attorney at one elbow and a counsel at the other. From minds thus subdued…](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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## More by Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine

> [Every human tribunal ought to take care to administer justice, as we look hereafter to have justice administered to ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-erskine-1st-baron-erskine/every-human-tribunal-ought-to-take-care-to-administer-justice-as-we/)

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

> [To depend partly upon Christ's righteousness and partly upon our own, is to set one foot upon a. rock and another in the quicksands.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-erskine-1st-baron-erskine/to-depend-partly-upon-christ-s-righteousness-and-partly-upon-our-own/)

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

> [The liberty of the press would be an empty sound, and no man would venture to write on any subject, however, pure his purpose,…](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/)

> [When we have learned to offer up every duty connected with our situation in life as a sacrifice to God, a settled employment becomes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-erskine-1st-baron-erskine/when-we-have-learned-to-offer-up-every-duty-connected-with-our/)

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

> [It is impossible to look into the Bible with the most ordinary attention without feeling that we have got into a moral atmosphere quite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-erskine-1st-baron-erskine/it-is-impossible-to-look-into-the-bible-with-the-most-ordinary/)

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

> [The movement of the soul along the path of duty, under the influence of holy love to God, constitutes what we call good works.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-erskine-1st-baron-erskine/the-movement-of-the-soul-along-the-path-of-duty-under-the-influence/)

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

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