The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theatre and causing a panic. (Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.)

The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theatre and causing a panic.

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

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