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The rest is a mere matter of detail, to be settled with judgment, discretion, and caution.
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The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion.
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Depart from discretion when it interferes with duty.
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Discretion is the polite word for hypocrisy.
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Discretion is nothing other than the sense of justice with respect to the sphere of the intimate contents of life.
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By placing discretion in the hands of an official to grant or deny a license, such a statute creates a threat of censorship that by its very existence chills free speech.
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Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life.
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Even private persons in due season, with discretion and temper, may reprove others, whom they observe to commit sin, or follow bad courses, out of charitable design, and with hope to reclaim them.
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Judgment is not upon all occasions required, but discretion always is.
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Censorship always defeats it own purpose, for it creates in the end the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion.
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