...U. 8.516(1884). » See Roscoe Found, "Interests of Personality, ' ' 28 Harv. L. Rev., 445, 45Я-50. their opinions on matters vital to them if life is...mixture of good and bad arguments in its support, _ and a wide difference of opinion as to its objects. Truth can be sifted out from falsehood only if...

...protects two kinds of interests in free speech. There is an individual interest, the need of many merrto express their opinions on matters vital to them if...and a wide difference of opinion as to its objects. can be sifted out from falsehood only if the government is vigorously and constantly cross-examined,...

...interest behind the exception.74 The First Amendment protects two kinds of interests in free speech. There is an individual interest, the need of many...course of action but carry it out in the wisest way. I This social interest is especially important in war time. Even after war has been declared there...

...in free speech. There is an individual interest — the need of many men to express their opinion in matters vital to them, if life is to be worth living...course of action but carry it out in the wisest way." Such a social interest can yield to nothing but the national safety. Hence in time of peace, freedom...

...opinions on matters vital to them if life is to be worth living. . . ." Secondly, Chafee wrote, there is "a social interest in the attainment of truth, so...wisest course of action but carry it out in the wisest way."7 Now, the interest in truth of which Chafee spoke is not inconsistent with the First Amendment's...

...Brennan cited the following well-known remark of Zechariah Chafee: "The First Amendment protects ... a social interest in the attainment of truth, so that...course of action, but carry it out in the wisest way." But of course these appeals to the general welfare of the public invite the reply that in some cases...

...Free Speech in the United States5 that the First Amendment protects "two kinds of interests"; one is "a social interest in the attainment of truth, so...course of action but carry it out in the wisest way," and the other is an "individual interest, the need of many men to express their opinions on matters...

...Amendment's role in protecting speech: The First Amendment protects two kinds of interests in free speech. There is an individual interest, the need of many...wisest course of action but carry it out in the wisest way.113 If the First Amendment is narrowly interpreted to protect only the rights of those exercising...

...considered vital. Society, moreover, had an interest in individual expression. It needed to be interested in the "attainment of truth, so that the country may...course of action but carry it out in the wisest way." Truth, Chafee continued, could be "sifted out from falsehood" only if governmental policy were "vigorously...

...argument along the two different lines which it takes. tects two kinds of interests in free speech. There is an individual interest, the need of many...that the country may not only adopt the wisest course but carry it out in the wisest way."14 These words reveal, more sharply than anything said by Mr. Holmes,...