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Thought For the Day: Restriction of Free Thought and Free Speech Is the Most Dangerous of All Subversions. It Is the One Un-American Act That Could Easily Defeat Us

“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 (1898-1980)

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Thought For the Day: Since When Have We Americans Been Expected To Bow Submissively To Authority and Speak With Awe and Reverence To Those Who Represent Us

“Since when have we Americans been expected to bow submissively to authority and speak with awe and reverence to those who represent us?” – Justice William O. Douglas (1898-1980)

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Thought For the Day: A People Who Extend Civil Liberties Only To Preferred Groups Start Down the Path Either to Dictatorship of the Right Or the Left

“A people who extend civil liberties only to preferred groups start down the path either to dictatorship of the right or the left.” – Justice William O. Douglas (1898-1980)

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