Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “The liberty of the press would be an empty sound, and no man would venture to write on any subject, however, pure his purpose, without an attorney at one elbow and a counsel at the other. From minds thus subdued by the fear of punishment, there could issue no works of genius to expand the empire of human reason.” ~ Thomas Erskine (1750-1823) Lord Chancellor of EnglandSource: Trial of John Stockdale, 9 December 1789