Question

We must insist that free oratory is only the beginning of free speech; it is not the end, but a means
to an end. The end is to find the truth. The practical justification of civil liberty is not that the
examination of opinion is one of the necessities of man. For experience tells us that it is only
when freedom of opinion becomes the compulsion to debate that the seed which our forefathers
planted has produced its fruit. When that is understood, freedom will be cherished not because
it is a vent for our opinions but because it is the surest method of correcting them.
'The unexamined life', said Socrates, 'is unfit to be lived by man'. This is the virtue of liberty, and the
ground on which we may best justify our belief in it, that it tolerates error in order to serve the truth.
When more men are brought face to face with their opponents, forced to listen and learn and mend their
ideas, they cease to be children and savages and begin to live like civilized men. Then only is freedom
a reality, when men may voice their opinions because they must examine their opinions.
The only reason for dwelling on all this is that if we are to preserve democracy we must understand its principles. And the
principle which distinguishes it from all other forms of government is that in a democracy the opposition not only is tolerated
is constitutional but must be maintained because it is in fact indispensable.
he democratic system cannot be operated without effective opposition. For, in making the great experiment of governing
eople by consent rather than by coercion, it is not sufficient that the party in power should have a majority. It is just as
ecessary that the party in power should never outrage the minority. That means that it must listen to the minority and be
noved by the criticisms of the minority.

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Answer 1

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