William Douglas Great Quotations

After an American has been in a totalitarian country for several months, he is greatly relieved when he reaches home. He feels that bonds have been released and that he is free. He can speak above a whisper, and he walks relaxed and unguarded as though he were no longer being followed. After a recent trip I said to a neighbor, "It's wonderful to be back in a nation where even a riot may be tolerated.

The dissenting opinion has continued since 1792 as a great American tradition. It is as true to the character of our democracy as of speech itself.