At no time is freedom of speech more precious than when a man hits his thumb with a hammer.
Freedom of Speech
Quotations by Marshall Lumsden

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1. "It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either." – Mark Twain “It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either.” – Mark Twain...
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