...Hughes, a unanimous Court calmly announced time-honored principles that should govern this Court today: "The greater the importance of safeguarding the community...free speech, free press and free assembly in order to maintainthe opportunity for free political discussion, to the end that government may be responsive...

...importance of safeguarding the community from incitement to the overthrow of our institutions . . . the more imperative is the need to preserve inviolate...rights of free speech, free press and free assembly. . . . Therein lies the security of the Republic, the very foundation of constitutional government.21...

...restrictive possible to serve that interest. As Mr. Chief Justice Hughes said, "The maintenance of the opportunity for free political discussion to the end that government may be responsive to the will of the people and that changes may be obtained by lawful means, an opportunity...

...interest. As Mr. Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes declared, and I quote again: The maintenance of the opportunity for free political discussion to the end that Government may be responsive to the will of the people and that changes may be obtained by lawful means, an opportunity...

...restrictive possible to serve that interest. As Mr. Chief Justice Hughes said, "The maintenance of the opportunity for free political discussion to the end that government may be responsive to the will of the people and that changes may be obtained by lawful means, an opportunity...

...security by providing that freedom of speech, press, religion, and assembly should not be abridged. . . . The greater the importance of safeguarding the community...political discussion, to the end that government may be responsive to the will of the people and that changes, if desired, may be obtained by peaceful means....

...and the correctness of his own position. Only an absolute interpretation of the First Amendment could "preserve inviolate the constitutional rights of free...political discussion, to the end that government may be responsive to the will of the people. Therein," Justice Black concluded, "lies the true security of...

...equitable relief as will enforce the provisions of this section." CONCLUSION The First Amendment safeguards "the opportunity for free political discussion to the end that government may be responsive to the will of the people."2* It is the duty of American citizens, not the government, to...

...For, as the Supreme Court has stated in a case interpreting the speech clause, "The maintenance of the opportunity for free political discussion to the end that government may be responsive to the will of the people, and that changes may be obtained by lawful means, an opportunity...

...abridgment. As Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes explained in DeJonge v. Oregon . it is imperative "to preserve inviolate the constitutional rights of...political discussion, to the end that government may be responsive to the will of the people and that changes, if desired, may be obtained by peaceful means."...