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Quote from Robert F. Kennedy,


"If our constitution had followed the style of Saint Paul, the First Amendment might have concluded: “But the greatest of these is speech.” In the darkness of tyranny, this is the key to the sunlight. If it is granted, all doors open. If it is withheld, none."


By:

Robert F. Kennedy (more quotes by Robert F. Kennedy or books by/about Robert F. Kennedy)


(1925-1968), US Senator, Attorney General

Source:

Address, Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, 22 January 1963

Categories:

Speech

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