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he people are the only censors of their governors: and even their errors will tend to keep these to the true principles of their institution. To punish these errors too severely would be to suppress the only safeguard of the public liberty. The way to prevent these irregular interpositions of the people is to give them full information of their affairs thro’ the channel of the public papers, & to contrive that those papers should penetrate the whole mass of the people. 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 & be capable of reading them."
he First Amendment Belongs Only to Americans?
he people are the only censors of their governors: and even their errors will tend to keep these to the true principles of their institution. To punish these errors too severely would be to suppress the only safeguard of the public liberty. The way to prevent these irregular interpositions of the people is to give them full information of their affairs thro’ the channel of the public papers, & to contrive that those papers should penetrate the whole mass of the people. 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 & be capable of reading them."
Jefferson
he First Amendment Belongs Only to Americans? 
rong! 
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This is exactly what I argued with people blinded by Democratic propaganda.
All forms of governments are authoritarian, because that is the very essence
of governments. When you conform to the state's dogma, whether it be a
Communist, Fascist or Democratic state, you enjoy all freedoms, but deviate
from the "self-righteous" path, and you get ruthlessly persecuted, whatever
the system you live in.
What is interesting to note though, is that when I explained this, it was
perceived as a dull statement, if not outright insane. when a philosopher
claims the same thing, all of a sudden it become words of gold. Funny.
All forms of governments are authoritarian, because that is the very essence
of governments. When you conform to the state's dogma, whether it be a
Communist, Fascist or Democratic state, you enjoy all freedoms, but deviate
from the "self-righteous" path, and you get ruthlessly persecuted, whatever
the system you live in.
What is interesting to note though, is that when I explained this, it was
perceived as a dull statement, if not outright insane. when a philosopher
claims the same thing, all of a sudden it become words of gold. Funny.