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Legends of Dissent

Snapshots of history's greatest free speech champions.

Download the full PDF of the first in our Legends of Dissent series.

Mar 21

“To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.”

Mar 18

Liberty is meaningless where the right to utter one's thoughts and opinions has ceased to exist.

Mar 17

No right was deemed by the fathers of the government more sacred than the right of speech.

Mar 16

He spoke of our most fundamental right, Freedom of Speech.

Mar 15

Frederick Douglass strides across Boston common toward Tremont Baptist Church.

Mar 14

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