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Our liberty depends on freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.

Thomas Jefferson

1786

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Freedom of the press First Amendment Constitutional theory

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1786 American Revolutionary Period

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Thomas Jefferson

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Jefferson, Thomas. "Letter to James Currie, 28 Jan. 1786." The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, edited by Julian P. Boyd. Vol. 9, Princeton University Press, 1954.

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Jefferson, Thomas. Letter to James Currie. 28 Jan. 1786.

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