"The basis of our governments being the opinion……" — Thomas Jefferson

The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the… - Thomas Jefferson

"The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. But I should mean that every man should receive those papers and be capable of reading them."

— Thomas Jefferson

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