“It is frequently said that speech that is intentionally provocative and therefore invites physical retaliation can be punished or suppressed. Yet, plainly no such general proposition can be sustained. Quite the contrary.... The provocative nature of the communication does not make it any the less expression. Indeed, the whole theory of free expression contemplates that expression will in many circumstances be provocative and arouse hostility. The audience, just as the speaker, has an obligation to maintain physical restraint.” DoeSaidWholeResponsibilityAudienceRightsExpressionTheoryCommunicationCircumstancesIntegritySpeechContraryObligationInvitesSpeakersContemplatingRestraintPropositionsHostilityProvocativeRetaliationFree Expression Author:Thomas I. Emerson
“The holidays often bring challenging conversations and situations. Sometimes holiness demands that we speak, other times it invites us to be silent. In all circumstances, though, we are called to love.” SometimesSpeakChallengesSituationCircumstancesConversationDemandSilentHolinessHolidayInvites Author:Mark Hart
“Our country is too large to have all its affairs directed by a single government. Public servants at such a distance, and from under the eye of their constituents, must, from the circumstance of distance, be unable to administer and overlook all the details necessary for the good government of the citizens; and the same circumstance, by rendering detection impossible to their constituents, will invite public agents to corruption, plunder and waste.” CountryGovernmentEyeImpossibleCitizensCircumstancesWasteDistanceAffairDetailsCorruptionOur CountryAgentsServantInvitesConstituentsRenderingPlunderPublic ServantsDetection Book:Memoir, correspondence, and miscellanies from the papers of T. Jefferson Source: Memoir, correspondence, and miscellanies from the papers of T. Jefferson