You May Call For Peace

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?

The Seven Deadly Sins Of The Press: - Concentrated Power Of The Big Press. - Passing Of Competition And The Coming Of Monopoly. - Governmental Control Of The Press. - Timidity, Especially In The Face Of Group And Corporate Pressures. - Big Business Mentality. - Clannishness Among The Newspaper Publishers That Has Prevented Them From Criticizing Each Other. - Social Blindness.

What Counted Was Not The Facts But The Fears.

It Is Not The Armed Forces Which Can Protect Our Democracy. It Is The Moral Strength Of Democracy Which Alone Can Give Any Meaning To The Efforts At Military Security.

There Is No Crime In The Cynical American Calendar More Humiliating Than To Be A Sucker.