 | Thomas Reed Powell - 1919 - 472 pages
...little of what constitutional interpretation owes to the fundamental faiths of the judges when he says: "Persecution for the expression of opinions seems...me perfectly logical. If you have no doubt of your premise? or your power and want a certain result with all your heart, you naturally express your wishes... | |
 | James Mickel Williams - Social psychology - 1920 - 522 pages
...immediate evil . . . Congress certainly cannot forbid all effort to change the mind of the country " Persecution for the expression of opinions seems to...your wishes in law and sweep away all opposition. . . . But when men have realized that time has upset many fighting faiths, they may come to believe... | |
 | Felix Frankfurter - Constitutional law - 1927 - 68 pages
...examination at the trial, no one has a right to consider in dealing with the charges before the Court. " Persecution for the expression of opinions seems to...sweep away all opposition. To allow opposition by speechseems to indicate that you think the speech impotent, as when a mansays that he has squared the... | |
 | Henry Steele Commager - History - 1950 - 504 pages
...the things men thought important and certain: as Justice Holmes put it in Abrams vs. United States, "If you have no doubt of your premises or your power...opposition by speech seems to indicate . . . that you do not care wholeheartedly for the result, or that you doubt either your power or your premises." The... | |
 | Alexander M. Bickel - Law - 1975 - 174 pages
...clear-and-presentdanger formula would limit — -is stated by Holmes in the dissent in Abrams v. New York:34 "Persecution for the expression of opinions seems...away all opposition." To allow opposition by speech, Holmes continues, indicates either that you think the speech does not matter, or that you doubt your... | |
 | William E. Conklin - Political Science - 1979 - 350 pages
...free speech whenever necessary for the state's interest. As he explained in Abrams, persecution of the expression of opinions seems to me perfectly logical....when a man says that he has squared the circle, or you do not care whole-heartedly for the result, or that you doubt either your power or your premises.73... | |
 | Frances Turk - Communism - 1964 - 352 pages
...issued by these individuals did not constitute a clear and present danger. Wrote Holmes : "Prosecution for the expression of opinions seems to me perfectly...your wishes in law and sweep away all opposition. . . . But when men have realized that time has upset many fighting faiths, they may come to believe... | |
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Persecution for the expression of opinions seems to me perfectly logical. If you have no doubt of your premises or your power and want a certain result with all your heart you naturally express your wishes in law and sweep away all opposition. 
