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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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zechariah-chafee/after-all-if-freedom-of-speech-means-anything-it-means-a-willingness/)

[Zechariah Chafee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zechariah-chafee/)

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## More by Zechariah Chafee

> [Each side takes the position of the man who was arrested for swinging his arms and hitting another in the nose, and asked the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zechariah-chafee/each-side-takes-the-position-of-the-man-who-was-arrested-for-swinging/)

[Zechariah Chafee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zechariah-chafee/)

> [We have the right to swing our arm until it hits the other fellow's nose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zechariah-chafee/we-have-the-right-to-swing-our-arm-until-it-hits-the-other-fellow-s/)

[Zechariah Chafee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zechariah-chafee/)

> [Truth can be sifted out from falsehood only if the government is vigorously and consistently cross-examined, so that the fundamental issues of the struggle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zechariah-chafee/truth-can-be-sifted-out-from-falsehood-only-if-the-government-is/)

[Zechariah Chafee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zechariah-chafee/)

> [Speech should be fruitful as well as free.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zechariah-chafee/speech-should-be-fruitful-as-well-as-free/)

[Zechariah Chafee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zechariah-chafee/)

> [After all, if freedom of speech means anything, it means a willingness to stand and let people say things with which we disagree, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zechariah-chafee/after-all-if-freedom-of-speech-means-anything-it-means-a-willingness/)

[Zechariah Chafee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zechariah-chafee/)

> [You make men love their government and their country by giving them the kind of government and the kind of country that inspire respect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zechariah-chafee/you-make-men-love-their-government-and-their-country-by-giving-them/)

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