The Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to bare the secrets of government and inform the people.
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In my view, far from deserving condemnation for their courageous reporting, the New York Times, the Washington Post and other newspapers should be commended for serving the purpose that the Founding Fathers saw so clearly.
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Our Constitution was not written in the sands to be washed away by each wave of new judges blown in by each successive political wind.
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In revealing the workings of government that led to the Vietnam War, the newspapers nobly did precisely that which the Founders hoped and trusted they would do.
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The layman's constitutional view is that what he likes is constitutional and that which he doesn't like is unconstitutional.
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When I was 40, my doctor advised me that a man in his 40s shouldn't play tennis. I heeded his advice carefully and could hardly wait until I reached 50 to start again.
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