“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell
people what they do not want to hear.” Adopted in 1791, the
First Amendment, states that “Congress shall make no law
abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press or the right of
the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government
for a redress of grievances.” (Pilon, p. 13) The freedom of
speech documented in the First Amendment is not only a
constitutional protection, but also an inevitable part of
democratic government and independence, which are essential
values in our society. “Censorship,” according to Justice Oliver
Wendell Holmes, “is an almost irresistible impulse when you know
you are right” (Sunstein, p. 25). That is why the American
citizen’s right to free speech is should be held as the highest
virtue and any censorship of freedom of speech should not be
allowed, but only respected. Freedom of speech is essential part
of democratic government, because the only way truth can emerge
is when there is an open competition of