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John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams: Defeating the Gag Rule and Protecting the Right of Petition

Which president in American history did the most for First Amendment freedoms either in or out of office? This is a deliciously difficult question because the vast majority of the occupants of the Oval Office were, at times, hostile to the First Freedom. Recent presidents simply do not make the grade for their in-office activities.

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