This decision held the seed that led to the creation of the American Bill of Rights. The people who insisted on a bill of rights didn’t trust government to always do the right thing by the citizen. So the Bill of Rights was created to limit the power of government to control the very people the government served. Freedom of speech does not mean that we have the “right” to say things that offend no one. Montana Viewpoint has appeared in weekly and online newspapers across Montana for over 30 years.