ABSTRACT
Of heresy. - Arguments by which the suppression of heresy is recommended. - Answer. - Ignorance not necessary to make men virtuous. - Difference of opinion not subversive of public security. - Reason, and not force, the proper corrective of sophistry. Absurdity of the attempt to restrain thought - To restrain the freedom of speech. Consequences that would result. — Fallibility of the men by whom authority is exercised. - Of erroneous opinions in government. - Iniquity of the attempt to restrain them. Tendency of unlimited political discussion.
