Zechariah Chafee Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“After all, if freedom of speech means anything, it means a willingness to stand and let people say things with which we disagree, and which do weary us considerably.”
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“Each side takes the position of the man who was arrested for swinging his arms and hitting another in the nose, and asked the judge if he did not have a right to swing his arms in a free country. 'Your right to swing your arms ends just where the other man's nose begins.”
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“Speech should be fruitful as well as free.”
-- Zechariah Chafee
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