David Alan Corbin > Quotes

“What is the Liberty of the Press? Who can give it any definition which does not leave the utmost latitude for evasion? I hold it to be impracticable and from this I infer, that its security, whatever fine declarations may be inserted in any Constitution respecting it, must altogether depend on public opinion, and on the general spirit of the people and of the Government.” —Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist LXXXIV”
― David Alan Corbin, Gun Thugs, Rednecks, and Radicals: A Documentary History of the West Virginia Mine Wars