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Meiklejohn's Position Is That Free Speech In A Democracy Is Not An Absolute Flowing From The Boundless Source Of Some Presumed 'natural Right.' It Is A Practical Necessity Of 'self-government By Universal Suffrage,' For If The Citizens Are Not Permitted To Argue Out The Issues Of Government, How Can They Be What They Must Be In A Democracy - The Rulers As Well As The Ruled?

Principles-and I Have In Mind Such Principles As States' Rights Or National Sovereignty Or The Free Market Or Pacifism-have A Way Of Drying Up While The Sap Of Life Goes Flowing In Another Direction.

You May Call For Peace As Loudly As You Wish, But Where There Is No Brotherhood There Can In The End Be No Peace.

A President Is Best Judged By The Enemies He Makes When He Has Really Hit His Stride.

A Politician Wouldn't Dream Of Being Allowed To Call A Columnist The Things A Columnist Is Allowed To Call A Politician