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Quotation from Gitlow v. New York by Supreme Court of the United States
“The only difference between the expression of an opinion and an incitement in the narrower sense is the speaker's enthusiasm for the result. Eloquence may set fire to reason.”
Gitlow v. New York, Dissent of Justice Holmes (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
Justice Holmes questions the line between opinion and incitement, taking up the majority's image of fire.
Citation: "The only difference between the expression of an opinion and an incitement in the narrower sense is the speaker's enthusiasm for the result. Eloquence may set fire to reason." — Supreme Court of the United States, Gitlow v. New York, Dissent of Justice Holmes (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id gitlow-v-new-york-q5)
Portrait: Justice Edward Terry Sanford, Harris & Ewing, Inc., Public domain.
