“If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”
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“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.”
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“Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression; in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.”
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“Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.”
― Lost Rights: The Destruction of American Liberty
― Lost Rights: The Destruction of American Liberty
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