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Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon on Independence Day

d. 1802 Wales

← All quotes by Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon

4 quotes

A man may publish anything which twelve of his countrymen think not blamable.

Cuthell's Case (1799)

The liberty of the press is dear to England; the licentiousness of the press is odious to England: the liberty of it can never be so well protected as by beating down the licentiousness.

Cuthell's Case (1799)

The power of free discussion is the right of every subject of this country. It is a right to the fair exercise of which we are indebted more than to any other that was ever claimed by Englishmen. All the blessings we at present enjoy might be ascribed to it.

King v. Reeves (1796)

The liberty of the press has always been, and has justly been, a favourite topic with Englishmen. They have looked at it with jealousy whenever it has been invaded; and though a licenser was put over the press, and was suffered to exist for some years after the coming of William, and after the revolution, yet the reluctant spirit of English liberty called for a repeal of that law; and from that time to this it has not been shackled and limited more than it ought to be.

Case of John Lambert and others (1793)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.