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Dick Durbin: “We should not restrain newspapers from saying things; in general, speech is, as Justice Brandeis once said, the great…”

On the recordJanuary 25, 2012
We should not restrain newspapers from saying things; in general, speech is, as Justice Brandeis once said, the great disinfectant.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin emphasizes the importance of free speech and its role in American debate.

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