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Rights come from human experience, particularly experiences with injustice… In a word, rights come from wrongs.

— Alan Dershowitz Shouting Fire: Civil liberties in a Turbulent Age (2002)

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An important assumption underlying our commitment to freedom of expression is that truth is a process, not a product.

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If there can be agreement that certain rights are essential to reduce the chances of perfect injustice, that constitutes the beginning of a solid theory of rights.

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