Friday, September 4, 2009

Words to Remember

We love the words of our Presidents, especially the ones deemed so eloquent.
[W]ere it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.
Jefferson
[His] language...boast[s] of the unbounded freedom of the press, and assur[es] the people that all is safe, while that continues: and thus the people are to be cheated with libels in exchange for their liberties.—Adams
We do maintain the freedom of the press—we deem it necessary to a free government.—Lincoln
Wherever despotism abounds, the sources of public information are the first to be brought under its control. Where ever the cause of liberty is making its way, one of its highest accomplishments is the guarantee of the freedom of the press.—Coolidge
There’s something about August going into September where everyone in Washington gets all wee-weed up.—Obama