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Thought For the Day: Restriction of Free Thought and Speech Is Subversion

Posted on July 18, 2017 by

“Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could most easily defeat us.”  – Justice William O. Douglas in The One Un-American Act, Speech to the Author’s Guild … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Subduing Free Speech Begins the Overthrow of Liberty

Posted on July 17, 2017 by

“Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.”  –  Benjamin Franklin, Silence Dogood, The Busy Body and Early Writings        

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Thought For the Day: Free Speech Is the Greatest Freedom

Posted on July 4, 2017 by

“I have always been among those who believed that the greatest freedom of speech was the greatest safety, because if a man is a fool, the best thing to do is to encourage him to advertise the fact by speaking.”  … Continue reading →

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First Principles: Freedom of Speech and Thought Are Essential To Our Republic

Posted on June 22, 2017 by

“If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”  –  George Washington  

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