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We do not consecrate the flag by punishing its desecration, for in doing so we dilute the freedom that this cherished emblem represents.
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What you demand for yourselves, in virtue of your manhood, I demand for the enslaved at the South, on the same ground.
William Lloyd Garrisonverified·No Compromise with Slavery: An Address Delivered in the Broadway Tabernacle, New York·February 14, 1854
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Convince me that one man may rightfully make another man his slave, and I will no longer subscribe to the Declaration of Independence.
William Lloyd Garrisonverified·No Compromise with Slavery: An Address Delivered in the Broadway Tabernacle, New York·February 14, 1854
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Hence, I cannot but regard oppression in every form--and most of all, that which turns a man into a thing--with indignation and abhorrence.
William Lloyd Garrisonverified·No Compromise with Slavery: An Address Delivered in the Broadway Tabernacle, New York·February 14, 1854
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The vitality of civil and political institutions in our society depends on free discussion.
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The right to speak freely and to promote diversity of ideas and programs is therefore one of the chief distinctions that sets us apart from totalitarian regimes.
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Free speech has occupied an exalted position because of the high service it has given our society.
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Free speech--the glory of our system of government--should not be sacrificed on anything less than plain and objective proof of danger that the evil advocated is imminent.
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The quality of advocacy turns on the depth of the conviction; and government has no power to invade that sanctuary of belief and conscience.
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One's beliefs have long been thought to be sanctuaries which government could not invade.
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As indispensable to the preservation of our system of self-government, the independence of the representatives of the States and the people is guaranteed by the Constitution, and they owe no responsibility to any human power but their constituents.