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I cannot agree with those who think of the Bill of Rights as an 18th century straitjacket, unsuited for this age. . . The evils it guards against are not only old, they are with us now, they exist today.

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The press was to serve the governed, not the governors.

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The Press was protected so that it could bare the secrets of the government and inform the people. Only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government. And paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part of the government from deceiving the people.

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Only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government.

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The First Amendment's language leaves no room for inference that abridgments of speech and press can be made just because they are slight. That Amendment provides, in simple words, that "Congress shall make no law. . . abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press. " I read "no law. . . abridging" to mean no law abridging.

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There can be no equal justice where the kind of trial a man gets depends on the amount of money he has.

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