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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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## More by Edgar Watson Howe

> [The few men who have managed to reach heaven must be terribly spoiled by this time](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-watson-howe/the-few-men-who-have-managed-to-reach-heaven-must-be-terribly-spoiled/)

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

> [Everyone has something ancestral, even if it is nothing more than a disease](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-watson-howe/everyone-has-something-ancestral-even-if-it-is-nothing-more-than-a/)

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

> [Even if a farmer intends to loaf, he gets up in time to have an early start](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-watson-howe/even-if-a-farmer-intends-to-loaf-he-gets-up-in-time-to-have-an-early/)

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

> [It's no credit to anyone to work too hard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-watson-howe/it-s-no-credit-to-anyone-to-work-too-hard/)

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

> [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/)

> [“If your faith is opposed to experience, to human learning and investigation, it is not worth the breath used to give it expression.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edgar-watson-howe/if-your-faith-is-opposed-to-experience-to-human-learning-and-2/)

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

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