It Is The Function Of Speech To

Behind Every Argument Is Someone's Ignorance.

No One Can Really Pull You Up Very High - You Lose Your Grip On The Rope. But On Your Own Two Feet You Can Climb Mountains.

The Progress Of Science In Furnishing The Government With Means Of Espionage Is Not Likely To Stop With Wire Tapping. Ways May Some Day Be Developed By Which The Government, Without Removing Papers From Secret Drawers, Can Reproduce Them In Court, And By Which It Will Be Enabled To Expose To A Jury The Most Intimate Occurrences Of The Home. Advances In The Psychic And Related Sciences May Bring Means Of Exploring Unexpressed Beliefs, Thoughts And Emotions. 'that Places The Liberty Of Every Man In The Hands Of Every Petty Officer' Was Said By James Otis Of Much Lesser Intrusions Than These.

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.

The Most Important Office, And The One Which All Of Us Can And Should Fill, Is That Of Private Citizen.