No Higher Duty, Or More Solemn Responsibility,

In Revealing The Workings Of Government That Led To The Vietnam War, The Newspapers Nobly Did Precisely That Which The Founders Hoped And Trusted They Would Do.

The Government's Power To Censor The Press Was Abolished So That The Press Would Remain Forever Free To Censure The Government. The Press Was Protected So That It Could Bare The Secrets Of Government And Inform The People. Only A Free And Unrestrained Press Can Effectively Expose Deception In Government.

What Finally Emerges From The 'clear And Present Danger' Cases Is A Working Principle That The Substantive Evil Must Be Extremely Serious And The Degree Of Imminence Extremely High Before Utterances Can Be Punished...it Must Be Taken As A Command Of The Broadest Scope That Explicit Language, Read In The Context Of A Liberty-loving Society, Will Allow.

[i]t Is True That [the Provisions Of The Bill Of Rights] Were Designed To Meet Ancient Evils. But They Are The Same Kind Of Human Evils That Have Emerged From Century To Century Whenever Excessive Power Is Sought By The Few At The Expense Of The Many.

Freedom Of Speech Means That You Shall Not Do Something To People Either For The Views They Have, Or The Views They Express, Or The Words They Speak Or Write.