The reasons why Founding Fathers choose to adopt a Constitution are: First, To give states rights within a nation. Second,To give individual right within their states. Next is to outline the powers of a new federal government. Lastly, the powers of the existing federal government.
It set the ground work for later generations to learn the languages characters.
Having a free and responsible press means that the information given to the ones who vote will not be manipulated and/or censored.
It is extremely important, because otherwise, a population that has been given manipulated information (like propaganda) will continue to support the oppressive regime in place and their votes will be for nothing, since their votes are heavily influenced by those who have the power (money and influence).
Without free and responsible press, the population cannot be critical about their government and so, their choices do not reflect true democracy.
The answer is Cicero .
He influenced Octavian and the future writers of The United States Constitution .