 The basis of our government 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...  Hearings Before the Postal Commission - Página 137por United States. Postal commission. [from old catalog] - 1907 - 934 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | David Edwin Harrell, Edwin S. Gaustad, John B. Boles, Sally Foreman Griffith - 2005 - 860 páginas
...very first objects should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers...should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. into the Protestant Episcopal Church in an attempt to end embarrassing ties to England's national church.... | |
 | Ralph Keyes - 2007 - 416 páginas
...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...should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter." Illustrating his penchant for contradicting himself, Jefferson also commented, "The man who never looks... | |
 | Nan Levinson - 2006 - 380 páginas
...jurists throughout our history. Thomas Jefferson wrote, "Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers...should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter." 18 Nearly two centuries later, Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black affirmed the sentiment, saying, "The... | |
 | Lou Dobbs - 2006 - 300 páginas
...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...should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter. The founders of this nation determined that the public interest was to be served by a press that would... | |
 | Myra MacPherson - 2008 - 594 páginas
...cherished Jefferson's stirring and oft-quoted imprimatur: "Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers...should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter." Stone overlooked Jefferson's own vices in that department. Vilified by opposition papers, Jefferson... | |
 | Bruce Elliott Johansen - 2006 - 512 páginas
...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 for a moment to prefer the latter. ... I am convinced that those societies [as the Indians] which live... | |
 | Bruce Martin - 2006 - 336 páginas
...should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I would not hesitate for a moment to prefer the latter. . . . But I should mean that every [person] shall receive these papers and be capable of reading them" (Boyd 1950, p. 49). Jefferson considered... | |
 | E. D. Hirsch - 2007 - 197 páginas
...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...should receive those papers and be capable of reading them."4 The last phrase, "be capable of reading them," is often omitted from the quotation, but it... | |
 | Karin Pühringer - 2007 - 270 páginas
...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...should receive those papers and be capable of reading them." (Jefferson 1787) * Wenn Journalisten in Zeitungsredaktionen fähig sein sollen, die ,richtigen'... | |
 | Eric Burns - 2007 - 480 páginas
...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...should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter." But by the time he began residing in the President's House, Jefferson had had enough free speech to last... | |
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