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Primarily, education is none of these. It is rather an attitude than an accomplishment, an approach to oneself and one's surroundings. Its traits are the desire to seek out truth constantly and a willingness to take action while still seeking understanding. It is procedure that counts then; while substance is important--witness the contributions of science, for instance--the procedure which four years of collegiate life breeds into those willing to partake in it fully is education's most crucial contribution to a democracy...
...Justice Moody of the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled, the right to refuse to bear witness against oneself is "a privilege of great value, a protection to the innocent, though a shelter to the guilty, and a safeguard against heedless, unfounded or tyrannical persecutions." Historically, the struggles of the Puritans against ecclesiastical inquisitions, which resulted in the Fifth Amendment, established that religious and political heresy is not a crime, but it is rather the right, if not the duty, of the citizen in a democracy; and that freedom of speech becomes meaningless without the corollary right to keep silent...
...oppressive actions of these committees. No great legal rights have been secured or preserved by submission to tyranny; constitutional rights are never above the level of those who receive their protection. The imprisonment of countless Puritans gave rise to the constitutional right not to be a witness against oneself. Many editors went to prison during the period of the Alien and Sedition's Laws, thereby establishing more firmly the freedom of the press. The abolitionists who stood up to statute, decision and administrative and mob action are responsible in great part for the ultimate end of slavery. In the present...
Jones, speaking before a large audience at the Wellesley Honors Day Convocation, stated, "I cannot agree that refusal to incriminate oneself is proper ground for wrecking the professional life of a teacher...
...agree with Professors Sutherland and Chafee that a citizen should willingly give information to his government. But, regardless of the hasty generalization of public opinion, the refusal to incriminate oneself is not incriminating in itself. It is not a crime to keep one's mouth shut. In fact, it is a Constitutional privilege, framed to protect those who feel that any statement about certain subjects, be it confession or denial, will do them damage. We do not pretend to know why Furry wished to use his Constitutional right, but the reasons, through the history of American law, have been many...