There is tonic in the things that men do not love to hear. Free speech is to a … - Henry Ward Beecher

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The most crazed religious fanatic argues in more calm and reasoned tones than liberals responding to statistics on concealed-carry permits.

Henry Ward Beecher

There is tonic in the things that men do not love to hear. Free speech is to a great people what the winds are to oceans. . . and where free speech is stopped miasma is bred, and death comes fast.

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