Of The Many Things We Have Done

Meiklejohn's Position Is That Free Speech In A Democracy Is Not An Absolute Flowing From The Boundless Source Of Some Presumed 'natural Right.' It Is A Practical Necessity Of 'self-government By Universal Suffrage,' For If The Citizens Are Not Permitted To Argue Out The Issues Of Government, How Can They Be What They Must Be In A Democracy - The Rulers As Well As The Ruled?

I Am Neither An Optimist Nor Pessimist, But A Possibilist.

You May Call For Peace As Loudly As You Wish, But Where There Is No Brotherhood There Can In The End Be No Peace.

In Our Rich Consumers' Civilization We Spin Cocoons Around Ourselves And Get Possessed By Our Possessions.

It Is Not The Armed Forces Which Can Protect Our Democracy. It Is The Moral Strength Of Democracy Which Alone Can Give Any Meaning To The Efforts At Military Security.