"For these reasons, I strongly believe that the Constitution accords citizens and press an unconditional freedom to criticize official conduct. It necessarily follows that, in a case such as this, where all agree that the allegedly defamatory statements related to official conduct, the judgments for libel cannot constitutionally be sustained."
January 1, 1970
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/New_York_Times_Co._v._Sullivan