Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “Every man – in the development of his own personality – has the right to form his own beliefs and opinions. Hence, suppression of belief, opinion and expression is an affront to the dignity of man, a negation of man’s essential nature.” ~ Thomas I. Emerson (1907-1991) Lines Professor of Law, Yale University, authorSource: Toward A General Theory of the First Amendment, 1966