3.30.2003

Brandeis and Yoda? So here's a line from Justice Louis Brandeis' famous concurrence defending the freedom of speech in Whitney v. California (1926):

But they [the Founders] knew that order cannot be secured merely through fear of punishment for its infraction; that it is hazardous to discourage thought, hope and imagination; that fear breeds repression; that repression breeds hate; that hate menaces stable government . . .

And, of course, here's Yoda:

Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering!

Coincidence? Maybe Lucas has been reading old Supreme Court opinions.

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