"In a society of free choice, free ideas, free consumption, you have persuasion as the only alternative to violence."
"So a free society is an advertising society."
"A free society is a rhetorical society."
A free society is a speaking, rather than violent, society."
The Omaha Guide, October 13, 1945
“Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom; and no such thing as public liberty, without freedom of speech.” - Benjamin Franklin
https://humblymybrain.substack.com/p/free-speech-is-the-life-blood-of
On April 30, 1903, The Daily Pioneer published an article titled, “Great Pugilist As A Reformer: John L. Sullivan Gives Advice on Many Important Issues.”1 John Lawrence Sullivan was an American professional boxer from Roxbury, Massachusetts.