In the New York
Times Co. v. Sullivan 376 U.S. 254 (1964) ,the citation wrote:
"In the
realm of religious faith, and in that of political belief, sharp differences
arise. In both fields, the tenets of one man may seem the rankest error to his
neighbor. To persuade others to his own point of view, the pleader, as we know,
at times resorts to exaggeration, to vilification of men who have been, or are,
prominent in church or state, and even to false statement. But the people of
this nation have ordained, in the light of history, that, in spite of the
probability of excesses and abuses, these liberties are, in the long view,
essential to enlightened opinion and right conduct on the part of the citizens
of a democracy."
That erroneous
statement is inevitable in free debate, and that it must be protected if the
freedoms of expression
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