The press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood. ✨ Thomas J…

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The press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (2010). The Works of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. X (in 12 Volumes): Correspondence and Papers 1803-1807, p.368, Cosimo, Inc.
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The press is impotent when it abandons itself to falsehood. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (2010). The Works of Thomas Jefferson, Vol. X (in 12 Volumes): Correspondence and Papers 1803-1807, p.368, Cosimo, Inc.

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