Maryland Journal of International Law Volume 31 | Issue 1 Article 8 First In, First Out: Promises and Problems of Free Expression in Revolutionary and Post- Revolutionary Governments Benjamin Pomerance Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.law.umaryland.edu/mjil Recommended Citation Benjamin Pomerance, First In, First Out: Promises and Problems of Free Expression in Revolutionary and Post-Revolutionary Governments, 31 Md. J. Int'l L. 107 (). Available at: http://digitalcommons.law.umaryland.edu/mjil/vol31/iss1/8 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Academic Journals at DigitalCommons@UM Carey Law. It has been accepted for inclusion in Maryland Journal of International Law by an authorized editor of DigitalCommons@UM Carey Law. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. POMERANCEFINALBOOKPROOF 3/16/2017 3:03 PM Article First In, First Out: Promises and Problems of Free Expression in Revolutionary and Post- Revolutionary Governments BENJAMIN POMERANCE† “Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.” John Milton, Areopagitica (1644)1 “All that makes existence valuable to any one, depends on the enforcement of restraints upon the actions of other people.” John Stuart Mill, On Liberty (1859)2 For centuries, advocates for societal change have sought greater legal protections for freedom of expression. Some of the most influential revolutions from the past three hundred years arose in significant measure from citizens demanding such safeguards, risking their lives to attack existing regimes, and demanding that their © 2016 Benjamin Pomerance. † Benjamin Pomerance received his J.D.