No Danger Flowing From Speech Can Be Deemed Clear And Present Unless The Incidence Of The Evil Apprehended Is So Imminent That It May Befall Before There Is An Opportunity For Full Discussion. Only An Emergency Can Justify Repression.

-Louis D. Brandeis

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No Danger Flowing From Speech Can Be

Louis D. Brandeis

No Danger Flowing From Speech Can Be Deemed Clear And Present Unless The Incidence Of The Evil Apprehended Is So Imminent That It May Befall Before There Is An Opportunity For Full Discussion. Only An Emergency Can Justify Repression.

Topic

Opportunity

Evil

Justice

The Constitutional Right Of Free Speech Has Been Declared To Be The Same In Peace And War. In Peace, Too, Men May Differ Widely As To What Loyalty To Our Country Demands, And An Intolerant Majority, Swayed By Passion Or By Fear, May Be Prone In The Future, As It Has Been In The Past, To Stamp As Disloyal Opinions With Which It Disagrees.

Loyalty

Country

Freedom