The political function of 'the right of free speech' is to protect dis…

Ayn Rand
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The political function of 'the right of free speech' is to protect dissenters and unpopular minorities from forcible suppression - not to guarantee them the support, advantages, and rewards of a popularity they have not gained. ✨ Ayn Rand (1988). The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z, p.190, Penguin
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