The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion.
Censorship always defeats it own purpose, for it creates in the end the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion.
The rest is a mere matter of detail, to be settled with judgment, discretion, and caution.
By placing discretion in the hands of an official to grant or deny a license, such a statute creates a threat of censorship that by its very existence chills free speech.
Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order.