“But our society — unlike most in the world — presupposes that freedom and liberty are in a frame of reference that makes the individual, not government, the keeper of his tastes, beliefs, and ideas; that is the philosophy of the First Amendment; and it is this article of faith that sets us apart from most nations in the world.”  -Justice William Douglas, Paris Adult Theatre v. Slaton

“Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men’s minds.”  -Justice Thurgood Marshall, Stanley v. Georgia

“The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by men better than himself.”   –John Stuart Mill