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On the recordJune 29, 2021
A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy or perhaps both.
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David Cicilline
Democratic · Rhode Island

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Cicilline quotes Madison on the importance of a free press for democracy.

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