Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| NUMBER: | 1521 |
| AUTHOR: | James Madison (1751–1836) |
| QUOTATION: | To the press alone, chequered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | This report of the resolutions of the Virginia House of Delegates in 1799 was submitted by a committee headed by Madison and is widely known as the Virginia Report of 1799. |
| SUBJECTS: | Press |