their government and
their country by giving them
their country by giving them
the kind of government
and the kind of country
and the kind of country
that inspire respect and love;
a country that is free and unafraid,
that lets the discontented talk
a country that is free and unafraid,
that lets the discontented talk
in order to learn the causes of
their discontent and end those causes,
that refuses to impel men to spy
that refuses to impel men to spy
on their neighbors,
that protects its citizens vigorously
that protects its citizens vigorously
from harmful acts
while it leaves the remedies for
while it leaves the remedies for
objectionable ideas
to counter-argument and time.
-- Zecharian Chafee, Jr.(1865-1957)
Source: Free Speech in the United States, 1942
to counter-argument and time.
-- Zecharian Chafee, Jr.(1865-1957)
Source: Free Speech in the United States, 1942