 | 1889 - 538 страници
...Limitations, I find the following language as used by Gen'l. Hamilton: "The liberty of the press consists in publishing the truth, from good motives and for justifiable ends, though It reflects on governments or magistrates. A man who speaks in a newspaper has no greater right than he... | |
 | 1924 - 524 страници
...local, is unquestioned. The only question for consideration is the limit to be placed on this right. "The liberty of the press consists, in my idea, in...from good motives and for justifiable ends, though it reflects upon the government, on magistrates, or individuals. If it be not allowed, it excludes the... | |
 | Jeffery A. Smith - 1990 - 246 страници
...the scorn it had received. "The Liberty of the Press consists, in my idea," he said in his argument, "in publishing the truth, from good motives and for...reflect on government, on magistrates, or individuals." He also expressed admiration for Lord Mansfield as a "truly great man," but said that juries should... | |
 | Bernard Schwartz - 1997 - 303 страници
...eloquent.") Hamilton argued that the principle he was asserting was essential to freedom of the press: "The Liberty of the Press consists, in my idea, in publishing the truth, . . . though it reflect on government, on magistrates, or individuals." If the truth could not be published,... | |
 | James H. Read - 2000 - 228 страници
...defense. In his arguments before the bench, Hamilton def1ned liberty of the press as the right to publish "the truth, from good motives and for justifiable...reflect on government, on magistrates, or individuals." He made explicit the central role of a free press under popular government: it is "essential to say,... | |
 | Jerry W. Knudson - 2000 - 308 страници
...case was thus more significant than the Zenger trial. Following is an excerpt from Hamilton's plea. The Liberty of the Press consists, in my idea, in...reflect on government, on magistrates, or individuals. lf it be not allowed, it excludes the priviledge of canvassing men, and our rulers. lt is in vain to... | |
 | Ellen Frankel Paul, Fred Dycus Miller, Jeffrey Paul - 2004 - 468 страници
...Croswell's counsel when the case was appealed to the New York Supreme Court in 1804. He argued that The liberty of the press consists, in my idea, in...reflect on government, on magistrates, or individuals. ... It is essential to [be able to] say, not only that the measure is bad and deleterious, but to hold... | |
 | Donald Gibson - 2004 - 178 страници
...literature. When Alexander Hamilton appeared in court in 1 803 to argue a libel case, he asserted that "The Liberty of the Press consists, in my idea, in...motives and for justifiable ends, though it reflect on 1 " United States District Court, SD New York, 1943. 18 Cooper, 1969, pp. 123-124. 19 Ibid., p. 120.... | |
 | Alexander Hamilton - 2006 - 208 страници
...the choice of officers. Circular to the Commandants of Regiments, New York, May 23, 1799 The Press The liberty of the press consists in my idea in publishing...motives and for justifiable ends, though it reflect [badly] on government, on magistrates, or individuals. If it be not allowed, it excludes the privilege... | |
 | Douglas Ambrose, Robert W. T. Martin - 2006 - 311 страници
...public information (as his theory always had), he defined press liberty as publishing with impunity "the truth, from good motives and for justifiable...reflect on government, on magistrates, or individuals." Though decidedly less restrictive than the antiquated common-law interpretation that Republicans were... | |
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The liberty of the press consists, in my idea, in publishing the truth, from good motives and for justifiable ends, though it reflect on government, on magistrates, or individuals. If it be not allowed, it excludes the privilege of canvassing men, and... 
