"Freedom of speech means not only freedom for the views with which you agree but also freedom for the views which you hate and deplore."

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Anglicans from the United KingdomCentenariansUniversity of Oxford facultyUniversity of Oxford alumniJudges from England
Original Language: English

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Defending the Attorney General's decision not to prosecute Enoch Powell for his anti-immigration Eastbourne speech; speech to the Institute of Journalists in London (2 December 1968), quoted in The Times (3 December 1968), p. 3