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John Morley: When you have men admitting that they deliberately write these articles and promote these newspapers with a view of…

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When you have men admitting that they deliberately write these articles and promote these newspapers with a view of furthering murderous action, to talk of the freedom of the Press in connection with that is wicked moonshine.
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John Morley

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Morley condemns the idea of discussing press freedom in the context of articles promoting violence, calling it misguided.

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