“It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of free speech. Immediately on attaining power each dictator has suppressed all free speech except his own.”~Herbert Hoover American engineer, businessman, and 31st President of the United States Herbert Hoover was born on this day in 1874.
“The right to discuss freely and openly, by speech, by the pen, by the press, all political questions, and to examine the animadvert upon all political institutions is a right so clear and certain, so interwoven with our other liberties, so necessary, in fact, to their existence, that without it we must fall into despotism … Continue reading Random Quote for November 03, 2025
“Without free speech no search for Truth is possible; without free speech no discovery of Truth is useful.”~Charles Bradlaugh English political activist and atheist Charles Bradlaugh was born on this day in 1833.
© 2025, JJ ShaunHands Off protest, April 5, 2025 We woke up to an alarm on a wintry Saturday morning in April to bundle up and stand in the cold to protest the actions of the current United States government. As a US citizen who has worked their whole life, contributed to the promise of … Continue reading Hands Off!
“It's funny that we think of libraries as quiet demure places where we are shushed by dusty, bun-balancing, bespectacled women. The truth is libraries are raucous clubhouses for free speech, controversy and community. Librarians have stood up to the Patriot Act, sat down with noisy toddlers and reached out to illiterate adults. Libraries can never … Continue reading Random Quote for December 29, 2020
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