[A2k] Jefferson on the Press -- and Connectivity! :-)

[Seth Johnson]

This might not be earthshattering, but I thought it was interesting --
note what Jefferson states in the last sentence here, after the
sentence that's usually cited:


"The basis of our governments 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 a moment to
prefer the latter. But I should mean that every man should receive
those papers and be capable of reading them."

   -- Thomas Jefferson, 1787