Word: expression
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...protect the opportunity of speakers to express themselves freely, recognizing that personal development is a basic value in our society and that freedom to express one's views and discuss them with others is a vital part of personal development...
...tone and substance of the letter. Such action does not infringe on free speech. Indeed, statements of disagreement are part and parcel of the open debate that freedom of speech is meant to encourage; the right to condemn a point of view is protected by the right to express it. Of course, I recognize that even verbal disapproval by persons in positions of authority may have inhibiting effects on students. Nevertheless, this possibility is not sufficient to outweigh he need for officials to speak out on matters of significance to the community--provided, of course, that they take no action...
...free and open communications of ideas. No one has the right to decide for others which speakers are fit to be heard or which public discussions deserve to take place. If members of this community consider a speaker to be reprehensible, they can refuse to listen or express their disapproval in other ways that do not interfere with the rights of others--for example, by engaging in a peaceful demonstration, by participating in discussion taking place after the speech, or by expressing contrary views in the local media. Such means of disagreement offer appropriate ways of seeking to counterbalance...
...deny anyone the right to speak on campus but simply to avoid a situation that would make them choose between attending their own graduation and listening to a highly objectionable speaker. If the administration refused to rescind the invitation, students would be within their rights to express their disapproval publicly, even if the resulting publicity led to the speaker's refusing to appear. If such a speaker did come, however, students would not have a right to try to prevent the address from being heard, although they might try to express their disapproval in other, nonobstructive ways. Even...
...here--all the more telling because of the lack of attention it received. A thousand poor people came in from all over the country to broil for three days in the hot Texas sun--where temperatures reached upwards of 110 degrees--simply to exercise their First Amendment freedom, to express the injuries and wrongs that had been done to them by the Reagan regime...