Freedom for the thought that we hate : a biography of the First Amendment /

Lewis, Anthony, 1927-2013.

Freedom for the thought that we hate : a biography of the First Amendment / Anthony Lewis. - New York : Perseus Books Group, 2007. - xv, 221 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-208) and index.

Beginnings -- 'Odious or contemptible' -- "As all life is an experiment" -- Defining freedom -- Freedom and privacy -- A press privilege? -- Fear itself -- 'Another's lyric' -- 'Vagabonds and outlaws' -- Thoughts that we hate -- Balancing interests -- Freedom of thought.

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Freedom of speech--United States.
Freedom of the press--United States.

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