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> [No more fatuous chimera has ever infested the brain than that you can control opinions by law or direct belief by statute, and no more pernicious sentiment ever tormented the heart than the barbarous desire to do so. The field…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-borah/no-more-fatuous-chimera-has-ever-infested-the-brain-than-that-you-can/)

[William Borah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-borah/)

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## More by William Borah

> [Peace purchased at the cost of any part of our national integrity is fit only for slaves, and even when purchased for such a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-borah/peace-purchased-at-the-cost-of-any-part-of-our-national-integrity-is/)

[William Borah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-borah/)

> [There is nothing that dies so hard and rallies so often as intolerance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-borah/there-is-nothing-that-dies-so-hard-and-rallies-so-often-as-intolerance/)

[William Borah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-borah/)

> [Without an unfettered press, without liberty of speech, all of the outward forms and structures of free institutions are a sham, a pretense -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-borah/without-an-unfettered-press-without-liberty-of-speech-all-of-the/)

[William Borah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-borah/)

> [I look upon those who would deny others the right to urge and argue their position, however irksome and pernicious they may seem, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-borah/i-look-upon-those-who-would-deny-others-the-right-to-urge-and-argue/)

[William Borah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-borah/)

> [There is nothing that dies so hard and rallies so often as intolerance. The vices and passions which it summons to its support are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-borah/there-is-nothing-that-dies-so-hard-and-rallies-so-often-as/)

[William Borah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-borah/)

> [No more fatuous chimera has ever infested the brain than that you can control opinions by law or direct belief by statute, and no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-borah/no-more-fatuous-chimera-has-ever-infested-the-brain-than-that-you-can/)

[William Borah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-borah/)

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