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George Mason
The freedom of the press is one of the greatest bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments.
George Mason, principal author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights (1776)

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Epstein, Joseph; Shapiro, Fred C. The Yale Book of Quotations. New Haven, Conn: Yale University Press. p. 501. ISBN 0-300-10798-6.