No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free…

Thomas Jefferson
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No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, Jerry Holmes (2002). Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts, p.133, Rowman & Littlefield
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No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, Jerry Holmes (2002). Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts, p.133, Rowman & Littlefield

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