I have not, I think, a right to suggest that Jones beats his wife, or that Brown continually cheats his employer, unless I can prove, first that the suggestions are true, and, second, that they have a definite public import.
Laski asserts the need for proof before making serious allegations about individuals' character.
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When attacks on liberty are political or economic, it is their motive rather than their nature that changes.
To deny novelty or grievance a right of expression is a certain, if, indeed, an ultimate, validation of the truth they contain.
It has been the historic character of persecution always to degrade the persecutor and to strengthen the persecuted by drawing attention to their claims.
Each age makes some idol in its own image and sacrifices upon its altar the freedom of those who refuse it worship.
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