JB/118/393/002

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9 August 1810
Press

If by any individual or any united party the faculty
of making communications to the public is engrossed, the
freedom of the press, and with it the freedom of the constitution
will be but an empty name.

In so far as they are he is in the wrong, they will possess he who is thus master
of the press will with reference to all opponents the same possess an advantage
similar and equal to that which in a Court of
justice would be possessed by the advocates on the
wrong side, if those on the other side advocates as well as witnesses were all gagged
and it is easy to see how ineffectual a barrier the
If he is not already matter of the government
momentary power and but occasional operation of oral discourse can oppose
to the power of him who is in possession of the
only means of affording an adequately extensive
communication to the only species of discourse which
for two hours together can remain minutes together can be a certainty be kept unchanged
as in any tolerable degree is proof degree nearly sufficient for practice is
proof against misrepresentation.

If he is not already master of the government, he
will may soon render himself so.

Identifier: | JB/118/393/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 118.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	118	Main Headings	panopticon
Folio number	393	Info in main headings field	to ld sidmouth
Image	002	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	a14 / b6 / c3 / e6
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	th 1806
Marginals		Paper Producer	andre morellet
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1806
Notes public	draft of enclosure to letter 2190, vol. 8	ID Number	39447
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