>This is true Liberty when free born men >Having to advise the public may speak free, >Which he who can, and will, deserves high praise, >Who neither can nor will, may hold his peace; >What can be juster in a State than this?

>Euripid. Hicetid.

Quoted at the head of John Milton's [Areopagitica](https://oll.libertyfund.org/title/jebb-areopagitica-1644-jebb-ed) (1644) -- a brilliant defense of free speech. (Free online PDF from The Liberty Fund's Online Library of Liberty.

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