The Right of Dissent

Dissent! It is as old as the earth. Its form is as variegated as life itself. Dissent! It is as old as the earth. Its form is as variegated as life itself. The whine of a bullet silences an eloquent voice of the civil rights movement. Four young people strip themselves and dance in the altogether before the United Nations building, a protest. An old man pens a letter to the editor, his palsied script an expression of disagreement. Justice Douglas, buried beneath an avalanche of mail, the...