"Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears."
-Louis D. Brandeis
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"In the frank expression of conflicting opinions lies the greatest promise of wisdom in governmental action."
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"If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable."
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"The most important political office is that of the private citizen."
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"If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable."
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"Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done."
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