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Quotation from Gitlow v. New York by Supreme Court of the United States
“Every idea is an incitement. It offers itself for belief and if believed it is acted on unless some other belief outweighs it or some failure of energy stifles the movement at its birth.”
Gitlow v. New York, Dissent of Justice Holmes (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
Justice Holmes, joined by Justice Brandeis, answers the majority's description of the Manifesto as incitement.
Citation: "Every idea is an incitement. It offers itself for belief and if believed it is acted on unless some other belief outweighs it or some failure of energy stifles the movement at its birth." — Supreme Court of the United States, Gitlow v. New York, Dissent of Justice Holmes (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id gitlow-v-new-york-q4)
Portrait: Justice Edward Terry Sanford, Harris & Ewing, Inc., Public domain.
