Intro: Source of Free Speech – Where did the idea of Free Speech come from? What was the argument put forth? And what would early Free Speech advocate John Milton think of his baby being throttled in the crib for an anti-biblical and non-conservative agenda of modern socialism? Elizabeth Powers, in Freedom of Speech: The History of an Idea, details how Freedom of Speech generally arose in Western Europe. Milton was concerned with publication.
"A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life." ― John Milton, Areopagitica
Foundation of Free Speech: Harold Berman in Law & Revolution explains how the right to Free Speech was the result of centuries of Calvinist ideas: