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...existence or hostile to the expression of unpopular thoughts. Only in a community that actively values the open exchange of ideas and strongly disapproves of all forms of censorship can the right to speak remain unimpaired. The effort to respect this fredom can require great strength and self-restraint in the face of trying provocations. And yet, the more controversial ideas this community can tolerate and the more unpopular speakers we can hear without disruption, the closer we will come to the highest ideal of a university. I hope that we will all be equal to this challenge...
...waiver I want to introduce is that people have very strong feelings about religious convictions. Therefore when we enter into a debate like the one we are now having, there is a special responsibility for restraint, for civility, for affirming the right of the other person to have a position that differs from yours and to avoid accusing people of being in bad faith. Religious spokesmen have a responsibility to remember that overheating the conversation is not going to contribute to what any of us want. But an elected official has the most sensitive kind of responsibility for nurturing...
With caution and restraint, the opposition fights...
...peaceful celebrations underscored the opposition's new mood of restraint in the wake of the government's decision last July to free 652 political prisoners. The Jaruzelski regime was taking a calculated risk in hopes of boosting its credibility at home and abroad. So far, the gamble has paid off: not only has the U.S. relaxed some of the sanctions it imposed after martial law, but the freed prisoners have shown little of the radicalism espoused during the heady days of Solidarity...
...noticed the new Democratic emphasis on home and community. He was watching television, he said, as Walter Mondale gave his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in San Francisco. When Mondale reached the heights of his eloquence about flag, family and fiscal restraint, Reagan said, he turned to Nancy and asked, "Didn't I write that...