 | United States. Congressional-Executive Commission on China - 2004 - 106 pages
...people, the very first object should be to keep that right; and were it left to me to decide whether to have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate to prefer the latter." In America, we developed a system of separation of powers at the national level... | |
 | David Edwin Harrell, Edwin S. Gaustad, John B. Boles, Sally Foreman Griffith - 2005 - 860 pages
...of the people. The basis of our governments being the opinion of the people, the very first objects should be to keep that right; and were it left to...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.... | |
 | 2005 - 356 pages
...people "may safely be trusted to hear everything true and false, and to 30 form a correct judgment. Were it left to me to decide whether we should have...should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter." Trust the future; trust the young. Jefferson felt that the present should never be chained to customs... | |
 | Mark Crispin Miller - 2004 - 366 pages
...expects what never was and never will be," wrote Jefferson, who also made this famous observation: "Were it left to me to decide whether we should have...should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter." Even in his final years, much scarred by journalistic calumny in his two presidential contests, Jefferson... | |
 | Ralph Keyes - 2007 - 416 pages
...cannot sleep forever," was favored by Ronald Reagan and others. Jefferson later wrote in a letter, "The basis of our governments being the opinion of...should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter." Illustrating his penchant for contradicting himself, Jefferson also commented, "The man who never looks... | |
 | Lou Dobbs - 2006 - 300 pages
...important tenets the guarantee of a free press. As Thomas Jefferson wrote: The basis of our government being the opinion of the people, the very first object...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... | |
 | Bruce Elliott Johansen - 2006 - 512 pages
...American Indian societies as an example: The basis of our government being the opinion of the people, our very first object should be to keep that right; and...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... | |
 | Myra MacPherson - 2008 - 594 pages
...Marxist countries. Like many journalists, Stone cherished Jefferson's stirring and oft-quoted imprimatur: "Were it left to me to decide whether we should have...should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter." Stone overlooked Jefferson's own vices in that department. Vilified by opposition papers, Jefferson... | |
 | Nan Levinson - 2006 - 380 pages
...function has not been lost on statesmen and jurists throughout our history. Thomas Jefferson wrote, "Were it left to me to decide whether we should have...should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter." 18 Nearly two centuries later, Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black affirmed the sentiment, saying, "The... | |
 | Bruce Martin - 2006 - 336 pages
...drink, the air that we breathe, and the food that we eat. Thomas Jefferson once famously commented, "Were it left to me to decide whether we should have...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... | |
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The basis of our governments 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... 
