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I Think That It Is A Fallacy To Suppose That Helpful Cooperation In The Future Will Be Assured By The Attempted Compulsion Of An Inflexible Rule. Rather Will Such Cooperation Depend Upon The Fostering Of Firm Friendships Springing From An Appreciation Of Community Ideals, Interests, And Purposes, And Such Friendships Are More Likely To Be Promoted By Freedom Of Conference Than By The Effort To Create Hard And Fast Engagements.

The Peril Of This Nation Is Not In Any Foreign Foe! We, The People, Are Its Power, Its Peril, And Its Hope.

The Greater The Importance To Safeguarding The Community From Incitements To The Overthrow Of Our Institutions By Force And Violence, The More Imperative Is The Need To Preserve The Constitutional Rights Of Free Speech, Free Press And Free Assembly In Order To Maintain The Opportunity For Free Political Discussion.

Our Institutions Were Not Devised To Bring About Uniformity Of Opinion; If They Had We Might Well Abandon Hope. It Is Important To Remember, As Has Well Been Said, 'the Essential Characteristic Of True Liberty Is That Under Its Shelter Many Different Types Of Life And Character And Opinion And Belief Can Develop Unmolested And Unobstructed.'

But It Is Recognized That Punishment For The Abuse Of The Liberty Accorded To The Press Is Essential To The Protection Of The Public, And That The Common Law Rules That Subject The Libeler To Responsibility For The Public Offense, As Well As For The Private Injury, Are Not Abolished By The Protection Extended In Our Constitutions. The Law Of Criminal Libel Rests Upon That Secure Foundation. There Is Also The Conceded Authority Of Courts To Punish For Contempt When Publications Directly Tend To Prevent The Proper Discharge Of Judicial Functions.