The Debs Decision
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And those who speak particularly of those things; those who are seeking
to warn, to prepare the people; those who attempt to preach law and
order; who oppose war; who believe in peace--those who are attempting to
serve the interests of humanity--go to jail for ten years.
The highest authority in the United States has served notice on the
American people that from it they can hope for nothing in the way of
preservation of their liberties. Their liberties are dead. Well may
those Americans who still have in their souls a spark of the old fire,
turn back 143 years and read these words from the Declaration of
Independence:
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created
equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable
rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men,
deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that
whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is
the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute a new
government, laying its foundations on such principles, and organizing
its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect
their safety and happiness."
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