Thus I have maintained by English history, that in proportion as the press has been free, English government has been secure. -Thomas Erskine

 

Thus I have maintained by English history, that in proportion as the press has been free, English government has been secure.


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This quote is just one of 5 total Thomas Erskine quotes in our collection. Thomas Erskine is known for saying 'Thus I have maintained by English history, that in proportion as the press has been free, English government has been secure.' as well as some of the following quotes.

Let reason be opposed to reason, and argument to argument, and every good government will be safe.

Thomas Erskine

I will for ever, at all hazards, assert the dignity, independence, and integrity of the English bar; without which, impartial justice, the most valuable part of the English constitution, can have no existence.

Thomas Erskine

The French have taste in all they do - which we are quite without; For Nature, that to them gave gout, To us gave only gout.

Thomas Erskine

Thus I have maintained by English history, that in proportion as the press has been free, English government has been secure.

Thomas Erskine