Republics Exist Only On Tenure Of Being

The Community Which Does Not Protect Its Humblest And Most Hated Member In The Free Utterance Of His Opinions, No Matter How False Or Hateful, Is Only A Gang Of Slaves. If There Is Anything In The Universe That Can't Stand Discussion, Let It Crack.

Statutes Are Mere Milestone, Telling How Far Yesterday's Thought Had Traveled; And The Talk Of The Sidewalk Today Is The Law Of The Land. With Us, Law In Nothing Unless Close Behind It Stands A Warm, Living Public Opinion.

Governments Exist To Protect The Rights Of Minorities. The Loved And The Rich Need No Protection: They Have Many Friends And Few Enemies.

There Is A Very Broad Theory That Society Gets The Right To Hang, As The Individual Gets The Right To Defend Himself. Suppose She Does; There Are Certain Principles Which Limit This Right. Society Has Got The Murderer Within Four Walls; He Never Can Do Any More Harm. Has Society Any Need To Take That Man's Life To Protect Itself? If Any Society Has Only The Right That The Individual Has, She Has No Right To Inflict The Penalty Of Death, Because She Can Effectually Restrain The Individual From Ever Again Committing His Offence.

Agitation Is The Atmosphere Of The Brains.