Tag Archives: Henry Steele Commager

Thought For the Day: Censorship Always Defeats Its Own Purpose, For It Creates, In the End, the Kind of Society That Is Incapable of Exercising Real Discretion

Posted on January 11, 2023 by alohapromisesforever

“Censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion. … In the long run it will create a generation incapable of appreciating the difference between independence … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: The Justification and the Purpose of Speech…Is To Prevent Error and Discover Truth

Posted on April 24, 2021 by alohapromisesforever

“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 … Continue reading →

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