Alabama governor George Wallace stood in front of the entrance of the University of Alabama in an attempt to block the enrollment of two black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood. His infamous shout of "Segregation now! Segregation tomorrow! Segregation forever!" made people view him as one of the country's most destructive racist.
He says it is "mere" to show that it is an estimation
<span>"Shouting fire in a crowded theater"</span><span> is a popular </span>metaphor<span> for speech or actions made for the principal purpose of creating unnecessary panic. The phrase is a paraphrasing of </span>Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.<span>'s </span>opinion<span> in the </span>United States Supreme Court<span> case </span>Schenck v. United States<span> in 1919, which held that the defendant's speech in opposition to the </span>draft<span> during </span>World War I<span> was not protected </span>free speech<span> under the </span>First Amendment<span> of the </span>United States Constitution<span>.</span>
I did some research and the lowest range was 1,000,000 and the highest was 1,700,000. Its hard to estimate this because they didnt have the proper recording instruments we have today.