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title: "3 Matt Welch Quotes - Famous Journalist"
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# Matt Welch

(1968)   Journalist

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Matt Welch is a journalist.

## Quick Facts About Matt Welch

Born July 31, 1968

Profession Journalist

## About Matt Welch

journalist, blogger, pundit, libertarian... \| Matthew Lee Welch is an American blogger, journalist, author, and
libertarian political pundit.

##  Quotes by Matt Welch

> [From my admittedly cranky perspective, Bush/Cheney are lousy on the Bill of Rights, Clinton/Gore were lousy on the Bill of Rights, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-welch/from-my-admittedly-cranky-perspective-bush-cheney-are-lousy-on-the/)

[Matt Welch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-welch/)

[Bill of rights](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bill-of-rights/)

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> [Consider that in a galaxy far, far away (otherwise known as the 1990s), President Clinton felt that he had to assure an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-welch/consider-that-in-a-galaxy-far-far-away-otherwise-known-as-the-1990s/)

[Matt Welch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-welch/)

[Accord](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accord/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/798/matt-welch-79813_accord_consider-that-in-a-galaxy-far-far-away-o_2492977.jpg)

> [Maybe when they no longer receive Sierra magazine in their mailboxes, journalists will understand how campaign finance reform abridges free speech.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-welch/maybe-when-they-no-longer-receive-sierra-magazine-in-their-mailboxes/)

[Matt Welch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-welch/)

[Campaign finance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/campaign-finance/)

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