"Censorship is the tool used when the lie loses its power."

How could it come to pass that the nation of the Declaration of Independence and the First Amendment was reduced like this?

First Amendment to the United States Constitution: "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."