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Quotation from West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette by Supreme Court of the United States
“Those who begin coercive elimination of dissent soon find themselves exterminating dissenters. Compulsory unification of opinion achieves only the unanimity of the graveyard.”
West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, Opinion of the Court (Jackson, J.), answer to the fourth Gobitis premise (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
Jackson's conclusion from his survey of historical efforts to impose uniformity.
Citation: "Those who begin coercive elimination of dissent soon find themselves exterminating dissenters. Compulsory unification of opinion achieves only the unanimity of the graveyard." — Supreme Court of the United States, West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, Opinion of the Court (Jackson, J.), answer to the fourth Gobitis premise (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id west-virginia-v-barnette-q3)
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