...published. Every freeman has an undoubted right to lay what sentiments he pleases before the public; . . . but if he publishes what is improper, mischievous, or illegal, he must take the consequence'of his own temerity." That is, he will be held accountable, by criminal proceeding or in...

...is as follows: "The Liberty of the Press is indeed essential to the nature of a free state: And this consists in laying no previous restraints upon publications,...improper, mischievous, or illegal, he must take the consequence of his own temerity. To subject the press to the restrictive power of a Licenser, as was...

...Blackstone, he wrote: The liberty of the press is indeed essential to the nature of a free state; but this consists in laying no previous restraints upon publications,...illegal, he must take the consequences of his own temerity.139 Hughes recognized the important role of the press in exposing official corruption, but...

...intended to secure. The liberty of the press is indeed essential to the nature of a free state : but this consists in laying no previous restraints upon publications,...improper, mischievous, or illegal, he must take the consequence of his own temerity. . . . [T]o punish (as the law does at present) any dangerous or offensive...

...censure for criminal matters when published. He says: "Every freeman has an undoubted right to lay wRat sentiments he pleases before the public; to forbid...he must take the consequences of his own temerity. To subject the press to the restrictive power of a licensor, as was formerly done before and since...

...that in the second period the interference had not been "necessary" and the UK violated Article 10. he pleases before the public; to forbid this, is to...must take the consequences of his own temerity."; see E. Barendt, "Prior Restraints on Speech", Public Law 253 (1985). Ser. A, No. 217, para. 51 of the...

...free state; but this consists in laying no previous restraints upon publications, and not in freedom for criminal matter when published. Every freeman...illegal, he must take the consequences of his own temerity.2 In 1798 the furor over the Alien and Sedition Laws gave rise to an "absolutist" reading...

...eighteenth century: "The liberty of the press is indeed essential to the nature of a free state; but this consists in laying no previous restraints upon publications,...he must take the consequences of his own temerity" (quoted in Freedom of the Press from Zenger to Jefferson, ed. Levy, 104, emphasis in the original)....

...infringed or violated. The liberty of the press is indeed essential to the nature of a free state; but this consists in laying no previous restraints upon publications,...he must take the consequences of his own temerity. . . . But to punish (as the law does at present) any dangerous or offensive writings, which, when published,...

...upon publications, and in freedom from censure from criminal matter when published. Every free man has an undoubted right to lay what sentiments he pleases...illegal, he must take the consequences of his own temerity.i55 Holmes interpreted the First Amendment on the basis of the common law definition of free...