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Men In Authority Will Always Think That Criticism Of Their Policies Is Dangerous. They Will Always Equate Their Policies With Patriotism, And Find Criticism Subversive.

Censorship Always Defeats It Own Purpose, For It Creates In The End The Kind Of Society That Is Incapable Of Exercising Real Discretion.

If Our Democracy Is To Flourish, It Must Have Criticism; If Our Government Is To Function It Must Have Dissent.

To Yearn For A Single, And Usually Simple, Explanation Of The Chaotic Materials Of The Past, To Search For A Single Thread In That Most Tangled Of All Skeins, Is A Sign Of Immaturity.

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.