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Quotation of the Day for August 15, 2011"To many, the immediate consequence of this freedom may often appear to be only verbal tumult, discord, and even offensive utterance. These are, however, within established limits, in truth necessary side effects of the broader enduring values which the process of open debate permits us to achieve. That the air may at times seem filled with verbal cacophony is, in this sense not a sign of weakness but of strength. We cannot lose sight of the fact that, in what otherwise might seem a trifling and annoying instance of individual distasteful abuse of a privilege, these fundamental societal values are truly implicated." - John Marshall Harlan, Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, from his opinion on Cohen v. California (1971). Submitted by: Terry Labach May 27, 2011  |
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