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President Eisenhower wrote, “Our libraries serve the precious liberties of our nation: freedom of inquiry, freedom of the spoken and the written word, freedom of exchange of ideas.” Explain what this quote means and how it relates to the 1st Amendment.

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The quotation specifically refers to some of the freedoms guaranteed by the 1st amendment, such as freedom of expression, freedom of assembly, and freedom to oppose any government or authority.

In his quotation, Eisenhower is implying that the liberties guaranteed by the First Amendment are not only essential to liberty, but also necessary; without them, no democracy can exist.

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