Combat Quote by William O. Douglas

“The way to combat noxious ideas is with other ideas. The way to combat falsehoods is with truth.” quote by William O. Douglas — Download Open image

“The way to combat noxious ideas is with other ideas. The way to combat falsehoods is with truth.”

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The liberties of none are safe unless the liberties of all are protected.

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A function of free speech under our system of government is to invite dispute. It may indeed best serve its high purpose when it invites a condition of unrest, creates dissatisfaction with conditions as they are, or even stirs people to anger. Speech is often provocative and challenging. It may strike at prejudices and preconceptions and have profound unsettling effects…

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We deal with a right of privacy older than the Bill of Rights-older than our political parties, older than our school system.

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