Reverence for free speech is deeply embedded in American life, but speech cannot be protected unless those who acknowledge its value set aside their partisan differences for a moment and trust one another enough to say that the outrages against free speech must end.

— Allen C. Guelzo Free Speech and Its Present Crisis (2018)

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