Classical High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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Vitel ls Balser AMIN DD W? FiZE See Freedom of speech ‘I’m innocent and I can prove it, cries the prisoner at the bar, testifying in his own de- fense. Ladies, it is the duty of every American mother,’ says the main speaker addressing the Tuesday Morning Mothers’ Club. “It is time for our citizens to wake up to the facts,’ writes the editor of a newspaper. So speak the min- ister, the teacher, the student, the butcher, the baker, and the soap-box orator. The voice of John Doe, American, rings from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from Maine to Florida. This is America speaking! not Germany, not Italy, not Japan, but America, America the beautiful! Man must speak freely in order to live freely. Free speech allows him to express himself, not without fear of contradiction, but without fear of retaliation. In America, freedom of speech was one of the first things the minds of far seeing people turned to. As a result, the first amend- ment was added to the Constitution. In total- itarian countries, because ideas are what tyrants fear most, freedom of speech has been cast aside. We must remember, however, that with free speech go definite responsibilities. Free speech does not give us the right to shout fire in a crowded place when no fire exists. Nor does freedom of speech give us the right to slander our neighbors or divulge secret information which would harm the country that protects us. The United States of America is fighting to preserve this heritage of free speech which is the essence of democracy itself. SHELDON GOIDELL

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