The very aim and end of our institutions is just this: that we may

The very aim and end of our institutions is just this: that we may thing what we like and say what we think. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both. – John Andrew Holmes

The liberty of the press is the Palladium of all the civil, political, and religious rights of an Englishman. – Junius

We must bring ourselves to realize that it is necessary to support free speech for the things we hate in order to ensure it for the things in which we believe with all our heart. – Heywood Broun

The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you dont agree with. – Eleanor Holmes Norton

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