 Quote > Fear [...] cannot alone justify suppression of free speech and assembly ...Fear of serious injury cannot alone justify suppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burned women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears. Continued at top
Owned by Unordained - Created on 09/30/2005 - Never edited 06/22/05 :: Folder :: Freedom of Speech 08/22/06 :: Quote :: John Stuart MillIf mankind minus one were of one opinion, then mankind is no more justified in silencing the one than the one - if he had the power - would be justified in silencing mankind. 02/10/07 :: Quote :: Sir Francis BaconSilence is the virtue of fools.  10/07/05 :: Quote :: Thomas JeffersonThe will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object.  10/02/05 :: Quote :: Thomas JeffersonIf a nation expects to be ignorant and free ... it expects what never was and never will be.
09/29/05 :: Quote :: Robert H. Jackson, US Supreme Court JusticeThe very purpose of a Bill of Rights was to withdraw certain subjects from the vicissitudes of political controversy, to place them beyond the reach of majorities and officials and to establish them as legal principles to be applied by the courts. One's right to life, liberty, and property, to free speech, a free press, freedom of worship and assembly, and other fundamental rights may not be submi [...]  07/29/03 :: Article :: Shouting "Fire!" in a Crowded Room :: An attack on propaganda and on anti-propaganda propaganda 07/15/05 :: Article :: Catch the terror :: T-shirt idea |
