Thursday, March 29, 2012

The Press: Abuse is inseparable from the proper use of every thing.

"As Madison said, 'Some degree of abuse is inseparable from the proper use of every thing; and in no instance is this more true than in that of the press.' 4 Elliot's Debates on the Federal Constitution (1876), p. 571."

From: New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254, 273 (1964) (Lexis)

AVT (March, 2012)