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The real basis of freedom of speech and of expression is not, however, the right of a person to say what he thinks or what he wishes to say but the right and need of all persons to learn the truth. The only practical approach to this end is freedom of expression.

— Eugene McCarthy

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I'm kind of an accidental instrument, really, through which I hope that the judgment and the will of this nation can be expressed.

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