"The freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments."

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Source : Virginia Bill of Rights article 12 (1776)

George Mason

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“You should recognize that criticism is not always a put down. If you take it to heart, maybe it will guide the way you ought to be going.”
“I think that if you have a sense of the sacredness of nature and of human relations, I think you will be uplifted in some sort of spiritual elevation.”

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“... in general, the Anglo-Irish do not make good dancers; they are too spritely and conscious; they are incapable of one kind of trance or of being seemingly impersonal. And, for the formal, pure dance they lack the formality: about their stylishness (for they have stylishness) there is something impromptu, slightly disorderly.”
“But sovereign debt is a wider question not only in Europe but across the globe. While every country is a unique case, I think it's not an issue of countries acting on their own. We need a more coordinated strategy not only in Europe but around the world.”
“But life is a great school. It thrashes and bangs and teaches you.”
“Who owns your body? You or the state?”
“The governments and the communist parties in Vietnam and China are doing their best to develop their local economies. But the rise of countries in Asia is not in opposition to development and affluence in Western nations. It is a mutually beneficial development. The interests of Western investors are protected in our country. Both we and the West benefit from this in equal measure.”
“Understand that the only possession of any value is life.”

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