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America Has Believed That In Differentiation, Not In Uniformity, Lies The Path Of Progress. It Acted On This Belief; It Has Advanced Human Happiness, And It Has Prospered.

There Is No Great Writing, Only Great Rewriting.

Fear Of Serious Injury Alone Cannot Justify Oppression Of Free Speech And Assembly. Men Feared Witches And Burnt Women. It Is The Function Of Speech To Free Men From The Bondage Of Irrational Fears.

At The Foundation Of Our Civil Liberties Lies The Principle That Denies To Government Officials An Exceptional Position Before The Law And Which Subjects Them To The Same Rules Of Conduct That Are Commands To The Citizen.

Experience Should Teach Us To Be Most On Our Guard To Protect Liberty When The Government's Purposes Are Beneficent. Men Born To Freedom Are Naturally Alert To Repel Invasion Of Their Liberty By Evil-minded Rulers. The Greatest Dangers To Liberty Lurk In The Insidious Encroachment By Men Of Zeal, Well Meaning But Without Understanding.