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Zechariah Chafee

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Zechariah Chafee was an influential American philosopher known for his contributions to political philosophy and legal theory. Born on December 7, 1885, in Attleboro, Massachusetts, Chafee's work focused on the protection of free speech and the role of the judiciary in American society. His book 'Free Speech in Its Historical Development' is a foundational text in the study of free speech. Chafee attended Brown University and Harvard Law School, and he spent his career as a professor at Harvard Law School. He passed away on February 8, 1957.

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“Speech should be fruitful as well as free.”

Should Wells Speech

Book:Government and Mass Communications

Source: Government and Mass Communications

“Truth can be sifted out from falsehood only if the government is vigorously and consistently cross-examined, so that the fundamental issues of the struggle may be clearly defined”

Ifs May Government Struggle Issues Crosses Fundamentals Defined Falsehood Consistently

Author:Zechariah Chafee

“You make men love their government and their country by giving them the kind of government and the kind of country that inspire respect and love; a country that is free and unafraid, that lets the discontented talk in order to learn the causes of their discontent and end those causes, that refuses to impel men to spy on their neighbors, that protects its citizens vigorously from harmful acts while it leaves the remedies for objectionable ideas to counter-argument and time.”

Source: Government and Mass Communications

“We have the right to swing our arm until it hits the other fellow's nose.”

Arms Fellows Noses Swings

Author:Zechariah Chafee

“Each side takes the position of the man who was arrested for swinging his arms and hitting another in the nose, and asked the judge if he did not have a right to swing his arms in a free country. 'Your right to swing your arms ends just where the other man's nose begins.”

Ifs Men Ends Country Sides Position He Man Judging Arms Noses Swings Hitting Arrested Free Country

Author:Zechariah Chafee

“After all, if freedom of speech means anything, it means a willingness to stand and let people say things with which we disagree, and which do weary us considerably.”

People Ifs Mean Speech Willingness Disagree Freedom Of Speech Weary

Author:Zechariah Chafee

About the Author

Born: December 7, 1885
Died: February 8, 1957
Known for: Philosopher
Quotes: 6

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