Freedom of Speech Is Our Deliverance From Terror

Freedom of speech protects speech that is both loved and hated. But like all other rights, freedom of speech has limits.

A pro-Palestinian protest at the University of California–Irvine in Irvine, Calif., on April 29, 2024. Rudy Blalock/The Epoch Times

Commentary

Freedom of speech protects speech that is both loved and hated. The U.S. Supreme Court instructed in Terminiello v. Chicago (1949): “[A] function of free speech under our system of government is to invite dispute. It may indeed best serve its high purpose when it induces a condition of unrest, creates dissatisfaction with conditions as they are, or even stirs people to anger.”