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I am sure that as soon as speech was invented, efforts to suppress and control it began, and that process of suppression continues unabated.

— Gilbert S. Merritt, Jr., (Speech at the University of Oregon, 2004)

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Gilbert S. Merritt, Speech at the University of Oregon, Nashville, TN: 2004. cited in — Merritt, Gilbert S. (2006). "The Lesson of Sullivan Has Been Forgotten". In Edelman, Rob (ed.). Freedom of the Press. Greenhaven Press. p. 75.