Once you permit those who are convinced of their own superior rightness to censor and silence and suppress those who hold contrary opinions, just at that moment the citadel has been surrendered.
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Those who begin coercive elimination of dissent soon find themselves exterminating dissenters. Compulsory unification of opinion achieves only the unanimity of the graveyard.
Our right to disagree is precious but fragile. The best way to protect and preserve it is to let the other side speak without demonizing them or destroying their right to be heard. Such civil exchanges are the heart beat of democracy - essential to keeping it alive.
This is a serious warning cry: Surrender without reservation to the Lord who has called us. This is required of us so that the face of the earth may be renewed.
It seems that the right of freedom of speech that was enshrined in numerous constitutions is now under attack by religious institutions.
When all is said and done, the real citadel of strength of any community is in the hearts and minds and desires of those who dwell there.
If the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves.
As far as military necessity will permit, religiously respect the constitutional rights of all.
If the liberties of the American people are ever destroyed, they will fall by the hands of the clergy.
In the end it is worse to suppress dissent than to run the risk of heresy.
When under siege, if we do not stand for our liberties and for the liberties of those who are unable to stand for themselves, then the great American experience will come to an end.
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