The Framers [of the Constitution] knew that free speech is the friend of change and revolution. But they also knew that it is always the deadliest enemy of tyranny.

Quote by Hugo Black

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In revealing the workings of government that led to the Vietnam War, the newspapers nobly...

In revealing the workings of government that led to the Vietnam War, the newspapers nobly...

Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part...

Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part...

It is the paradox of life that the way to miss pleasure is to seek...

It is the paradox of life that the way to miss pleasure is to seek...

Our Constitution was not written in the sands to be washed away by each wave...

Our Constitution was not written in the sands to be washed away by each wave...

We believe trial judges confronted with disruptive, contumacious, stubbornly defiant defendants must be given sufficient...

We believe trial judges confronted with disruptive, contumacious, stubbornly defiant defendants must be given sufficient...

Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part...

Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part...

When I was 40, my doctor advised me that a man in his 40s shouldn't...

When I was 40, my doctor advised me that a man in his 40s shouldn't...

The layman's constitutional view is that what he likes is constitutional and that which he...

The layman's constitutional view is that what he likes is constitutional and that which he...

Paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part...

Paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part...

The Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have [to] bare the...

The Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have [to] bare the...

The Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to bare the...

The Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to bare the...

The First Amendment was added to the Constitution to stand as a guarantee that neither...

The First Amendment was added to the Constitution to stand as a guarantee that neither...

The Framers [of the Constitution] knew that free speech is the friend of change and...

The Framers [of the Constitution] knew that free speech is the friend of change and...

The Framers of the Constitution knew that free speech is the friend of change and...

The Framers of the Constitution knew that free speech is the friend of change and...

The constitutional prohibition against laws respecting an establishment of religion must at least mean that...

The constitutional prohibition against laws respecting an establishment of religion must at least mean that...

Laws are made to protect the trusting as well as the suspicious.

Laws are made to protect the trusting as well as the suspicious.

Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part...

Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part...

Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as...

Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as...

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost what...

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost what...

No one so thoroughly appreciates the value of constructive criticism as the one who's giving...

No one so thoroughly appreciates the value of constructive criticism as the one who's giving...

I have always been among those who believed that the greatest freedom of speech was...

I have always been among those who believed that the greatest freedom of speech was...

The true art of government consists in not governing too much.

The true art of government consists in not governing too much.

Freedom of expression - in particular, freedom of the press - guarantees popular participation in...

Freedom of expression - in particular, freedom of the press - guarantees popular participation in...

Speech is the twin of my vision, it is unequal to measure itself, it provokes...

Speech is the twin of my vision, it is unequal to measure itself, it provokes...