...and press, he quoted from a letter of the Continental Congress sent to the inhabitants of Quebec in 1774: The last right we shall mention, regards the...besides the advancement of truth, science, morality and arts7 in general, in its diffusion of liberal sentiments on the administration of Government, its ready...

...October 1774, the Continental Congress spelled out exactly why it was so critical, explaining that "besides the advancement of truth, science, morality,...its consequential promotion of union among them," the press "shamed or intimidated" public officials into behaving properly.56 Moreover, because, as...

...unconstitutional, we rejected the argument that such speech "is so removed from 'any exposition of ideas,' and from 'truth, science, morality, and arts in general, in...liberal sentiments on the administration of Government,' that it lacks all protection." Id., at 762, 96 S.Ct, at 1826 (citations omitted). In Virginia State...

...sent to the Inhabitants of Quebec (October 26, 1774) referred to the "five great rights" and said: "The last right we shall mention, regards the freedom...union among them, whereby oppressive officers are ashamed or intimidated, into more honourable and just modes of conducting affairs." Journal of the...

...business to perform what ought to be done in all well regulated states by men hired for the purpose. The last right we shall mention regards the freedom...among them, whereby oppressive officers are shamed or intimidated into more honourable and just modes of conducting affairs. These are the invaluable rights...

...produce unity, and it was not limited to political expression: "The importance of [freedom of the press] consists, besides the advancement of truth, science,...Government, its ready communication of thoughts between sub[46] jects, and its consequential promotion of union among them, whereby oppressive officers are...

...Pharmacy asked whether commercial speech was "so removed from any 'exposition of ideas' . . . and from 'truth, science, morality, and arts in general, in...liberal sentiments on the administration of government' . . . that it lacks all protection."43 Notice that the question was not whether commercial speech was...

...more than propose a commercial transaction' ... is so removed from any 'exposition of ideas,' and from 'truth, science, morality, and arts in general, in...liberal sentiments on the administration of Government,' that it lacks all protection. Our answer is that it is not." Since Virginia Pharmacy Board the Court...

...its efforts to establish a new North American government, explained the significance of a free press: The last right we shall mention, regards the freedom...among them, whereby oppressive officers are shamed or intimidated, into more honourable and just modes of conducting affairs.60 In addition, numerous states...

...the Continental Congress to the inhabitants of Quebec: "The importance of the [freedom of the press] consists, besides the advancement of truth, science,...liberal sentiments on the administration of Government . . . ,"288 And the Court then went on to say: "Freedom of discussion, if it would fulfill its historic...