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It is rare that a regulation restricting speech because of its content will ever be permissible ... Indeed, were we to give the Government the benefit of the doubt when it attempted to restrict speech, we would risk leaving regulations in place that sought to shape our unique personalities or to silence dissenting ideas.

Anthony Kennedy

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