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When you have a person in power who punishes people for speaking their mind, it's truly dangerous.

While President Bush likes to project an image of strength and courage, the real truth is that in the presence of his large financial contributors, he is a moral coward.

If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

As an immigrant, I appreciate, far more than the average American, the liberties we have in this country. Silence is a big enemy of morality. I don't want our blunders in history to get repeated.

Cowardice... is almost always simply a lack of ability to suspend functioning of the imagination.

Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse.

We can never intimidate and discourage the people who voice their words with courage. The essence of freedom rests precisely here - in the freedom of expression of the people. And we must protect it.

The brave view is that talking it out helps work it out. Maybe the realistic view is that talking it out inflames the issues further. But that is America, especially these days.