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Quote from Justice William J. Brennan,


"All ideas having even the slightest redeeming social importance -- unorthodox ideas, controversial ideas, even ideas hateful to the prevailing climate of opinion, have the full protection of the guarantees [of the First Amendment]."


By:

Justice William J. Brennan (more quotes by Justice William J. Brennan or books by/about Justice William J. Brennan)


(1906-1997) U. S. Supreme Court Justice

Source:

Roth v. United States, 1957

Categories:

Constitution, Individual Rights, Justice, Press, Reason, Religion, Speech, Tolerance, Agnostic

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