“The ultimate good desired is better reached by free trade in ideas . . . ,” Holmes wrote in his dissent. “The best test of truth is the power of the thought to get itself accepted in the competition of the market, and that truth is the only ground upon which their wishes safely can be carried out. That, at any rate, is the theory of our Constitution. . . . I think that we should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe and believe to be fraught with death, unless they so imminently threaten immediate interference with the lawful and pressing
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Oliver Wendell Holmes on the FREE MARKET OF IDEAS... Justice's dissent regarding dissent
