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Quote from Justice Antonin Scalia,


"The virtue of a democratic system with a [constitutionally guaranteed right to free speech] is that it readily enables the people, over time, to be persuaded that what they took for granted is not so, and to change their laws accordingly."


By:

Justice Antonin Scalia (more quotes by Justice Antonin Scalia or books by/about Justice Antonin Scalia)


(1936-2016) American jurist, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

Source:

United States v. Virginia, 26 June 1996

Categories:

Justice, Speech

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