us history test viii quotes
The plain purpose of their propaganda was to excite, at the supreme crisis of the war, disaffection, sedition, riots, and, as they hoped, revolution, in this country for the purpose of embarrassing, and, if possible, defeating the military plans of the Government in Europe
Abrams v United States 1919
"Peace on Earth, good will to men." Onward march, and keep on marching until His will on earth is done!
"The Grand March" Hellen Keller 1920
In the East a new star is risen! With pain and anguish the old order has given birth to the new, and behold in the East a man-child is born!
"The Grand March" Hellen Keller 1920
Meteor-like through the heavens flashed the golden words of light, "Soviet Republic of Russia."
"The Grand March" Hellen Keller 1920
The object of our forest policy is not to preserve the forests because they are beautiful-or because they are refuges for the wild creatures of the wilderness-but the making of prosperous homes-every other consideration becomes secondary.
Gifford Pinchot
I think that we should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe and believe to be fraught with death, unless they so imminently threaten immediate interference with the lawful and pressing purposes of the law that an immediate check is required to save the country.
Holmes, Dissenting Opinion
The ultimate good desired is better reached by free trade in ideas -- that the best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market, and that truth is the only ground upon which their wishes safely can be carried out. That, at any rate, is the theory of our Constitution
Holmes, Dissenting Opinion Let truth fight itself out
"When I say I believe in a square deal I do not mean... to give every man the best hand. If the cards do not come to any man, or if they do come, and he had not got the power to play them, that is his affair. All I mean is that there shall be no crookedness in the dealing.
Theodore Roosevelt, 1905
We are prone to speak of the resources of this country as inexhaustible; this is not so. The mineral wealth of the country, the coal, iron, oil, gas, and the like, does not reproduce itself, and therefore is certain to be exhausted ultimately; and wastefulness in dealing with it today means that our descendants will feel the exhaustion a generation or two before they otherwise would.
Theodore Roosevelt, 1907
Shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than twenty years, or both...
US Sedition Act 1918
Shall willfully utter, print, write or publish any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the form of government of the United States or the Constitution of the United States
US Sedition Act 1918
Whoever, when the United States is at war, shall willfully make or convey false reports or false statements with intent to interfere with the operation or success of the military or naval forces of the United States
US Sedition Act 1918 If you interfere with the army while at war you can be punished