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Quotation from Schenck v. United States by Supreme Court of the United States
“When a nation is at war, many things that might be said in time of peace are such a hindrance to its effort that their utterance will not be endured so long as men fight, and that no Court could regard them as protected by any constitutional right.”
Schenck v. United States, Opinion of the Court (Justice Holmes) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
Justice Holmes explains why wartime conditions narrow the range of protected speech.
Citation: "When a nation is at war, many things that might be said in time of peace are such a hindrance to its effort that their utterance will not be endured so long as men fight, and that no Court could regard them as protected by any constitutional right." — Supreme Court of the United States, Schenck v. United States, Opinion of the Court (Justice Holmes) (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id schenck-v-united-states-q4)
Portrait: Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr circa 1930, Harris & Ewing, Public domain.
