The Founders' Constitution
Volume 5, Amendment I (Speech and Press), Document 6
http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/amendI_speechs6.html
The University of Chicago Press
Amendment I (Speech and Press)
Document 6
Virginia Declaration of Rights, sec. 12
12 June 1776
12. That the freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotick governments.
The Founders' Constitution
Volume 5, Amendment I (Speech and Press), Document 6
http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/amendI_speechs6.html
The University of Chicago Press
