...as on every other subject, I claim the right to be heard. That right I cannot, I will not abandon. " Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties":1 these are glowing words, flashed from the soul of John Milton in his straggles with English...

...would prevail, and each week the Leeds Times carried as its headpiece the quotation from Areopagitica, 'Give me the liberty to know to utter and to argue freely according to conscience above all other liberties'. Smiles identified with Milton in his campaigns against abuse and privilege. The opposition...

...is the Milton who was passionate in his defense of freedom, who wrote the "Areopagitica," who cried "Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all other liberties." This is the Milton who in Italy went to see and to support Galileo, at that time...

...Principles of the Christian Religion, as Professed by the People called the Quakers, XIV (1678) 1 1 Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue...freely according to conscience, above all liberties. John Milton, Areopagitica (1644) 12 Look to your health; and if you have it, praise God, and value...

...religious expression had to be part of a broader liberty of expression in general. '(T]ne liberty t() know, to utter and to argue freely according to conscience, above all' marks the beginning ot a powerful dissenting (if you will) tradition in our political life (Milton...

...fight, clashing opinions as producing truth, the inferiority of "cloistered virtues," and his call for "liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience" — exceeded his limited goal of arguing against licensing.27 In addition to attacking licensing, Levellers...

...liberty attained that wise men look for"— Milton, Areopagitica (1644), which also contains the words: "Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue...freely, according to conscience, above all liberties." ?plaud: beat the hands. Perhaps an offshoot of the preceding, plaudits, applaud, applause, plosion,...

...liberty, he wrote, and neither its writers nor its readers should be restricted (CPW 2:505, 55s, 554). "Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue...freely according to conscience, above all liberties" (CPW7 2:560). Milton's knowing came through reading, and he was "certain that a wise man will make...

...their part, the radicals preferred instead to recall the words of Milton in his Areopagitica of 1644: "Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties."15 11. Village Sex A though alive with atheists, cubists, poets, free-thinkers, freelovers,...

...no more successful than attempts to lock up crows by shutting the park gates! Milton said, "give me liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties." The freedom to argue! But not all arguing is profitable. Proverbs states, "When arguing with fools,...