In gertz v. robert welch (1974), the supreme court opinion wrote that there is a "social interest in order and morality" in preventing false speech. protecting false speech constitutionally may damage this order and morality. a false statement damages both the subject of the falsehood and the listener who hears the false statement. by constitutionally protecting these statements, we protect a person's ability to create disorder. the justice argues that protecting false speech may protect morality. prevent disorder. damage order in society. harm listeners to speech.

“[the city’s engineers excelled in areas] neglected by the greeks, such as the construction of roads and aqueducts, and of sewers that could wash the filth of the city into the tiber. they have built paved roads throughout the country, leveling ridges and filling up hollows, so as to make possible the movements of heavily loaded wagons. . and such is the quantity of water brought in by the aqueducts, that veritable rivers flow through the city and its sewers: almost every house has cisterns, waterpipes, and copious fountains.” —strabo, as quoted in empires ascendant: time frame 400 b.c.–a.d. 200 cisterns are tanks that hold water until it is needed; if a house has a cistern, it is likely to also have a. aqueducts. c. a swimming pool. b. a fish pond. d. sinks and faucets.