“The basis of our government 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 hesitate to prefer the latter.”

President Thomas Jefferson

1743-1826

American Founding Father Jefferson was the third president of the United states, serving from 1801 to 1809.

Source: “Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations,” pg. 336.