“To suppress minority thinking and minority expression would tend to freeze society and prevent progress. Now more than ever, we must keep in the forefront of our minds the fact that whenever we take away the liberties of those we hate, we are opening”
Wendell Phillips
“There are only two choices: A police state in which all dissent is suppressed or rigidly controlled; or a society where law is responsive to human needs. If society is to be responsive to human needs, a vast restructuring of our laws is essential.”
William Orville Douglas
“I don't think passing on the suppression costs would be done just as a deterrent. The fact of the matter is many people have lost their property and homes and someone has to pay for that. Under the law, someone is liable for it.”
Terence McElroy
“The dominant purpose of the First Amendment was to prohibit the widespread practice of government suppression of embarrassing information.”
“You can't crush ideas by suppressing them. You can only crush them by ignoring them.”
Vachel Lindsay
“Truth can not be suppressed and always is the ultimate victor. So, we should tread on the righteous path.”
Yajur Veda
“Freedom suppressed and again regained bites with deeper fangs than freedom never endangered”
Marcus Tullius Cicero