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.
Tag: Louis D. Brandeis
(1856-1941) US Supreme Court Justice
The greatest dangers to liberty
Experience should teach us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the Government’s purposes are beneficent. Men born to freedom are naturally alert to repel invasion of their liberty by evil-minded rulers. The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding.
Crime is contagious
Crime is contagious. If the government becomes a law breaker, it breeds contempt for the law.