Despotism can no more exist in a nation until the liberty of the press be destroyed than the night can happen before the sun is set. (Charles Caleb Colton)

Despotism can no more exist in a nation until the liberty of the press be destroyed than the night can happen before the sun is set.

Charles Caleb Colton

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