"Libelling against a private man is a moral offence; but when it is against a government, it tends to the destruction of it."
— Defamation

January 1, 1970

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Holt, C.J., Rex v. Beare (1698), 1 Raym. 418. For the antiquity of this notion, see Vinnius, 741, by the law of the twelve tables.