"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" NYT would prefer: "I slightly disapprove, err--- I mean I very very very m

"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it" NYT would prefer: "I slightly disapprove, err--- I mean I very very very mildly approve of what you say, and I will defend to the death your right to say it, while also acknowledging that I must be respectful to you in all that I say regarding what you said." (Here in British Columbia, Canada, a Jewish lawyer famously defended a holocaust denier's right to free speech (pro-bono!). I remember the lawyer telling people that he planned to be the first to piss on his client's grave, but that he also intended to defend him in the courts to the very best of his abilities.)