...controversal faces might now not unsignificantly be set open. And though all the windes of doctrin were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously by licencing and prohibiting to misdoubt her strength. Let her and Falshood grapple; who ever knew Truth...

...parcel of democracy) makes possible. That was conventional wisdom, even in Mill's own day. 'Let [Truth] and Falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the worse in a free and open encounter?', John Milton had asked rhetorically, fully two centuries before. 5 Today's corresponding catchphrase...

...rewards the powerful, whose views then become established as truth. We were not subjected to "Let [Truth] and falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter." Milton had not been around for the success of the Big Lie technique, but this Court had. Nor did the...

...Inquisition, the Council of Trent, etc.) without accomplishing any redeeming social goal, thus: And though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to...Truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter? As Vincent Blasi interestingly pointed out, one must resist the temptation to interpret this passage...

...personal problem into a fascinating treatise justifying the establishment of a marketplace of ideas: And though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to...ever knew Truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter.21 Human beings seek fulfillment in multitudinous ways, but there are some, like Patrick...

...rightly faulted for frustrating the quest for truth and the citizens' right to know. Indeed, "And through all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon...truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter?" Areopagitica (1644) Finally, it is upon us to ensure that even if strained in war, our democratic processes...

...argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties." And, again, in his Areopagitica in 1644: "Though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to...misdoubt her strength. Let her and falsehood grapple; whoever knew truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter?" It would still take another century...

...or prohibiting its expression, Milton answered classically in his speech to the British parliament: So Truth be in the field, we do injuriously, by licensing...misdoubt her strength. Let her and falsehood grapple; whoever knew Truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter? Her confuting is the best and surest...

...controversal faces might now not unsignificantly be set open. And though all the windes of doctrin were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously, by licencing and prohibiting to misdoubt her strength. Let her and Falshood grapple; who ever knew Truth...

...prose, especially Areopagitica, his argument against censorship, with its stirring rhetorical assertion "Who ever knew truth put to the worse in a free and open encounter?" Each year Bush asked his students to memorize twenty lines from Milton for the final exam. I took an...