I really enjoyed teaching First Amendment this semester. We learned a lot, had a lot of fun, and, I hope, came to understand why the First Amendment is the first freedom. I want to leave you with a quotation about freedom from President Reagan, the second favorite president of my lifetime:
“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.”
I think, just maybe, I won't have to spend my sunset years telling my grandchildren that America was once the land of the free and the home of the brave. It still is, and I pray it will always be.
Good luck on the exams, and I hope I will see some of you next Fall in the Con Law Seminar.
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