...wellspring to preserve our republic in times of trouble and crisis. MEDIA REORIENTATION Jefferson wrote that "The basis of our governments being the opinion of...should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter." Indeed, not long ago many called the free press the "fourth estate" — akin to a separate branch of...

...Over his head in a battered frame is Thomas Jefferson's famous quote: "The basis of our government being the opinion of the people, the very first object...should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter." But those are other stories. Sources The journalists profiled in this chapter were interviewed over a period...

...advocate of the press. "The basis of our government being the opinion of the people," he famously said, "the very first object should be to keep that right;...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...

...information or the means of acquiring it is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or perhaps both." should be to keep that right; and were it left to...should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter." Less often quoted is Jefferson's qualifier: "But I should mean that every man should receive those...

...rolling over in his grave. Jefferson, one of America's most important founding fathers, had this to say: "Were it left to me to decide whether we should have...should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter." That's always been my attitude. It certainly ought to be the attitude of real newspeople the world...

...if those controls are ignored. Thomas Jefferson said, in a 1787 letter to Colonel Edward Carrington, "Were it left to me to decide whether we should have...should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter." One certainly does not hear such proclamations in governmental circles today. For these and other reasons,...

...knowledge and the power of universities to make that happen. We all have heard the famous Jefferson quote, "Were it left to me to decide whether we should have...should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter." What most people do not know is the next sentence: "But I should mean that every man should receive...

...aware of the impact of the press on his countrymen, Jefferson noted shortly after the revolution that were it left to me to decide whether we should have...government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.22 Despite the astounding changes ushered in by the eighteenth century, the powerful competitors...

...modernen Presse formulierte dann einer der Gründerväter der Vereinigten Staaten, Thomas Jefferson: „Were it left to me to decide whether we should...government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter"23. Damit referierte Jefferson, den hohen demokratietheoretischen Wert der Meinungs- und Pressefreiheit...

...since so many of them are endangered species. As Jefferson remarked once in a moment of wistfulness: "Were it left to me to decide whether we should have...without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to choose the latter." Choose to read up on the crap you've been sent— every now and then remove your...