I view the guaranties of the First Amendment as the foundation upon which our governmental scheme rests and without which it could not continue to endure as conceived and planned. Freedom to speak and write about public questions is as important to the life of our government as is the heart to the human body. In fact, this privilege is the heart of our government. If that heart be weakened, the result is debilitation; if it be stilled, the result is death.
-Justice Hugo Black, as quoted in Roger K. Newman's Hugo Black: A Biography
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