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It will succeed at last in getting the truth told pretty openly and pretty thoroughly. It will break down the barrier between the little governing clique in which the truth is cynically admitted and the bulk of educated men and women who cannot get the truth by word of mouth but depend upon the printed word. IT WILL SUCCEED AT LAST IN GETTING THE TRUTH TOLD PRETTY OPENLY AND PRETTY THOROUGHLY IT WILL BREAK DOWN THE BARRIER BETWEEN THE LITTLE GOVERNING CLICK IN WHICH THE TRUTH IS CYNICALLY ADMITTED AND THE BULK OF EDUCATED MEN AND WOMEN WHO CANNOT GET THE TRUTH BY WORD OF MOUTH BUT DEPEND UPON THE PRINTED WORD
 disabilities under which it has suffered will coincidently weaken. The strongest force of all against people's hearing the truth--the arbitrary power still used by the political lawyers to suppress Free writing--will, I think, weaken. The Courts, after all, depend largely upon the mass of opinion. Twenty years ago, for instance, an accusation of bribery brought against some professional politician would have been thought a monstrosity, and, however true, would nearly always have given the political lawyers, his colleagues, occasion for violent repression. To-day the thing has become so much a commonplace that all appeals to the old illusion would fall flat. The presiding lawyer could not put on an air of shocked incredulity at hearing that such-and-such a Minister had been mixed up in such-and-such a financial scandal. We take such things for granted nowadays. XX What I do doubt in the approaching and already apparent success of the Free Press is its power to effect democratic reform.  CHAPTER TWENTY OF THE FREE PRESS BY HILAIRE BELLOC RECORDING BY SHAW MC CLEAN WHAT I DO DOUBT IN THE APPROACHING AND ALREADY APPARENT SUCCESS OF THE FREE PRESS IS ITS POWER TO EFFECT DEMOCRATIC REFORM
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