“Complete and accurate surveillance as a means of control is probably a practical impossibility. What is much more likely is a loss of privacy and constant inconvenience as the wrong people gain access to information, as one wastes time convincing the inquisitors that one…

“The function of the censor is to censor. He has a professional interest in finding things to suppress.” Thomas I. Emerson, (1907-1991) Lines Professor of Law, Yale University, author. Source: Law and Contemporary Problems (1955). Source Reference Thomas I. Emerson Quote

“If you admit that to silence your opponent by force is to win an intellectual argument, then you admit the right to silence people by force.” Hans Eysenck , (1916-1997) German-born psychologist, spent professional career in Great Britain. Source Reference Hans Eysenck Quote

“Without free speech no search for truth is possible… no discovery of truth is useful. Better a thousand fold abuse of free speech than denial of free speech. The abuse dies in a day, but the denial slays the life of the…

“I have never been hurt by anything I didn’t say.” Calvin Coolidge, (1872-1933) 30th US President. Source Reference Calvin Coolidge Quote

“Wisdom and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused generally among the body of the people, being necessary for the preservation of their rights and liberties, and as these depend on spreading the opportunities and advantages of education in the various…

“The Bill of Rights is a born rebel. It reeks with sedition.  In every clause it shakes its fist in the face of constituted authority… It is the one guarantee of human freedom to the American people.” Frank I. Cobb, (1869-1923) American…

“The Constitution is a delusion and a snare if the weakest and humblest man in the land cannot be defended in his right to speak and his right to think as much as the strongest in the land.” Clarence S….

“No man has a good enough memory to make a successful liar.” Abraham Lincoln, (1809-1865) 16th US President. Source Reference Abraham Lincoln Quote

“Honesty is never seen sitting astride the fence.” Lemuel K. Washburn, (1846-1927) American Freethought writer. Source: Is The Bible Worth Reading And Other Essays, 1911. Source Reference Lemuel K. Washburn Quote

“The truth needs so little rehearsal.” Barbara Kingsolver, (1955-) American novelist, essayist and poet. Source: Animal Dreams. Source Reference Barbara Kingsolver Quote

“Respect for the truth is an acquired taste.” Mark Van Doren, (1894-1972) Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, professor, and critic Source: Liberal Education, 1943. Source Reference Mark Van Doren Quote