Equally clear is the right to hear. To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker. It is just as criminal to rob a man of his right to speak and hear as it would be to rob him of his money.

Frederick Douglass (1817–1895) American abolitionist, orator, writer

“A Plea for Freedom of Speech in Boston” (9 Dec 1880)
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