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Zechariah Chafee

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Zechariah Chafee, Jr. (December 7, 1885 – February 8, 1957) was an American judicial philosopher and civil libertarian. An advocate for free speech, he was described by Senator Joseph McCarthy as "dangerous" to the United States.

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  • Your right to swing your arms ends just where the other man's nose begins.
  • Speech should be fruitful as well as free.
    • "Freedom of Speech as I See It Today", Journalism Quarterly, vol. 18 (June 1941), p. 158.
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