Quote#Speech
The Constitution is a delusion and a snare if the weakest and…
Quote byClarence Darrow · 1857–1938
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Arguments in the Case of the Communist Labor Party (1920), p.17.
English (original)
The Constitution is a delusion and a snare if the weakest and humblest man in the land cannot be defended in his right to speak and his right to think as much as the strongest in the land.
— Clarence Darrow
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