The justification and the purpose of freedom of speech is not to indulge those who want to speak their minds. It is to prevent error and discover truth. There may be other ways of detecting error and discovering truth than that of free discussion, but so far we have not found them.
Category: speech
Finding the right answer
Men are never so likely to settle a question rightly as when they discuss it freely.
If we lose free speech
If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
Honest differences
Honest difference of views and honest debate are not disunity. They are the vital process of policy among free men.
Private thoughts
Isn’t it strange that we talk least about the things we think about most?
Power struggle
The struggle is always between the individual and his sacred right to express himself and … the power structure that seeks conformity, suppression, and obedience.
Confession
The political left’s attempts to silence ideas they cannot, or will not, debate are a confession of intellectual bankruptcy.
Speak without fear
It [freedom] is a thing of the spirit. Men must be free to worship, to think,
to hold opinions, to speak without fear. They must be free to challenge wrong and oppression with the surety of justice.
Repression of speech
No danger flowing from speech can be deemed clear and present unless the incidence of the evil apprehended is so imminent that it may befall before there is an opportunity for full discussion. Only an emergency can justify repression.
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