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Quote from Justice Clarence Thomas,


"A theory deeply etched in our law [is that] a free society prefers to punish the few who abuse the rights of free speech after they break the law rather than to throttle them and all others beforehand."


By:

Justice Clarence Thomas (more quotes by Justice Clarence Thomas or books by/about Justice Clarence Thomas)


(1948- ) U.S. Supreme Court Justice

Source:

Avis v. Aguilar, 2000

Categories:

Justice, Speech, Black

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