If liberty of speech is to be untrammeled from the grosser forms of co…

Charles Sanders Peirce
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If liberty of speech is to be untrammeled from the grosser forms of constraint, the uniformity of opinion will be secured by a moral terrorism to which the respectability of society will give its thorough approval. ✨ Charles Sanders Peirce (1958). Selected Writings (Values in a Universe of Chance), p.110, Courier Corporation
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