"If there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that
Government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because society
finds the idea itself offensive or disagreeable."
-- Justice William J. Brennan
(1906-1997) U. S. Supreme Court Justice
Source: 1989
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"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me."
-- Proverb
Source: Appeared in The Christian Recorder of March 1862, a publication of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, where it is presented as an "old adage."
Reflects the common law of civil assault, which holds that mere name-calling does not give rise to a cause of action, while putting someone in fear of physical violence does.
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"Take care that no one hates you justly."
-- Publilius Syrus
Latin writer of maxims, in the 1st century BCE
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Government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because society
finds the idea itself offensive or disagreeable."
-- Justice William J. Brennan
(1906-1997) U. S. Supreme Court Justice
Source: 1989
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/William.Brennan.Quote.31D3
"Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me."
-- Proverb
Source: Appeared in The Christian Recorder of March 1862, a publication of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, where it is presented as an "old adage."
Reflects the common law of civil assault, which holds that mere name-calling does not give rise to a cause of action, while putting someone in fear of physical violence does.
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Proverb.Quote.749D
"Take care that no one hates you justly."
-- Publilius Syrus
Latin writer of maxims, in the 1st century BCE
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Publilius.Syrus.Quote.1AD0
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