William Cullen Bryant, defending Quotes

A collection of quotes by William Cullen Bryant, defending.

William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878) was a renowned American poet, editor, and journalist. His literary contributions played a significant role in shaping American literature during the Romantic era. Bryant is best known for his contemplative and nature-focused poetry, such as "Thanatopsis" and "To a Waterfowl." As the editor-in-chief of the New-York Evening Post for over fifty years, he used his position to advocate for social justice causes, including abolition, workers' rights, and women's suffrage. Bryant's enduring legacy lies in his artistic achievements and his commitment to using his platform for the betterment of society.

The right to discuss freely and openly, by speech, by the pen, by the press, all political questions, and to examine and animadvert (speak out) upon all political institutions, is a right so clear and certain, so interwoven with our other liberties, so necessary, in fact to their existence, that without it we must fall at once into depression or anarchy. To say that he who holds unpopular opinions must hold them at the peril of his life, and that, if he expresses them in public, he has only himself to blame if they who disagree with him should rise and put him to death, is to strike at all rights, all liberties, all protection of the laws, and to justify and extenuate all crimes.

William Cullen Bryant, defending

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