Thomas Jefferson Newspapers Quotations

the man that reads nothing is better educated than the man that reads nothing more than newspapers

Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper.

I would rather have newspapers without a government than a government without newspapers.

I'd rather have newspapers and no government than government and no newspapers.

Those who don’t read the newspapers are better off than those who do insofar as those who know nothing are better off than those whose heads are filled with half-truths and lies.

If I had to choose between government without newspapers, and newspapers without government, I wouldn't hesitate to choose the latter

As for what is not true, you will always find abundance in the newspapers.

Newspapers . . . serve as chimnies to carry off noxious vapors and smoke.