If I had to choose between government and a free press, I would choose a free press.

Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle. The real extent of this state of misinformation is known only to those who are in situations to confront facts within their knowledge with the lies of the day.

A community of small farmers... land property owners, will be the only assurance that the freedom our republic offers will be guaranteed to each and every citizen.

The olive tree is surely the richest gift of Heaven. I can scarcely expect bread.

The purpose of establishing different houses of legislation is to introduce the influence of different interests or different principles.

An occasional insurrection will not weigh against the inconveniences of a government of force, such as are monarchies and aristocracies.

The firmness with which the (American) people have withstood the... abuses of the press, the discernment they have manifested between truth and falsehood, show that they may safely be trusted to hear everything true and false and to form a correct judgment between them.