"Peace is not in itself a dream, but we know it only as the result of a momentary equilibrium--an accident."

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It was not by accident or coincidence that the rights to freedom in speech and press were coupled in a single guaranty with the rights of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition for redress of grievances. All these, though not identical, are inseparable. They are cognate rights, and therefore are united in the First Article's assurance.

— Wiley Blount Rutledge