If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
- Topic: Freedom, Speech
- Location: Bryce Canyon National Park
- Photo: Jeffrey Benjamin
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I had always hoped that this land might become a safe & agreeable Asylum to the virtuous & persecuted part of mankind, to whatever nation they might belong.
I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.
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