The Government's Power To Censor The Press

Loyalty Must Arise Spontaneously From The Hearts Of People Who Love Their Country And Respect Their Government.

I Do Not Believe That It Can Be Too Often Repeated That The Freedoms Of Speech, Press, Petition And Assembly Guaranteed By The First Amendment Must Be Accorded To The Ideas We Hate Or Sooner Or Later They Will Be Denied To The Ideas We Cherish. The First Banning Of An Association Because It Advocates Hated Ideas - Whether That Association Be Called A Political Party Or Not - Marks A Fateful Moment In The History Of A Free Country.

The History Of Governmentally Established Religion, Both In England And In This Country, Showed That Whenever Government Had Allied Itself With One Particular Form Of Religion, The Inevitable Result Had Been That It Had Incurred The Hatred, Disrespect And Even Contempt Of Those Who Held Contrary Beliefs.

It Would Degrade Our Country And Our Judicial System To Permit Our Courts To Be Bullied, Insulted And Humiliated And The Orderly Progress Thwarted And Obstructed By Defendants Brought Before Them Charged With Crimes.

Citizenship Is No Light Trifle To Be Jeopardized Any Moment Congress Decides To Do So Under The Name Of One Of Its General Or Implied Grants Of Power.