Freedom Of Speech Quotes
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Freedom Of Speech Quotes & Sayings
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Freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from judgement.
— Jackson Pearce
I definitely didn't fit in perfectly to the school system. I was raised with such freedom of speech and thinking.
— Julie Delpy
Men are different; sheep are all alike.
— Raheel Farooq
It seemed that freedom of expression had run amuck, or had run as far as the Government would allow it to go.
— Kenneth Eade
The Council is wrong. Yet, observe that none of us will risk telling it so, for fear of the consequences.
— Mark Dunn
Some people still believe you should just fall in line with what's going on - and that's scary. It makes a mockery of freedom of speech.
— Emily Robison
It is the rare fortune of these days that one may think what one likes and say what one thinks.
— Tacitus
Beware! Freedom of speech also includes the freedom to be misunderstood.
— Ashleigh Brilliant
Any government which fears freedom of speech and expression, should fear the internet more.
— Robert Black
Silence is death, and you, if you talk, you die, and if you remain silent, you die. So, speak out and die.
— Tahar Djaout
Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.
— Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Hand in hand with freedom of speech goes the power to be heard, to share in the decisions of government which shape men's lives.
— Robert Kennedy
A free society is one where it's safe to be unpopular, but then, freedom of speech also carries with it the freedom not to listen!
— Ashwin Sanghi
When there is freedom of speech, I've found that the majority of people really have nothing to say.
— Yevgeny Yevtushenko
Lebanon is the only country where media kills more than bombs, injures more than guns ... and at last they say freedom of speech ...
— Hussein S. Hariri
The measure of man's ability to extend the sphere of social possibility can only start with the values of democracy.
— Auliq Ice
In commendably seeking to protect freedom of speech, we must not lower our defences against the evil of racial and religious intolerance.
— Barry O'Farrell
It is by the fortune of God that, in this country, we have three benefits: freedom of speech, freedom of thought, and the wisdom never to use either.
— Mark Twain
If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
— George Washington
EQUAL RIGHTS and FREE DISCUSSION will be fearlessly advocated and maintained. Sectarian dogmas or tenets will be investigated and compared.
— Abner Cole
Freedom is poetry, taking liberties with words, breaking the rules of normal speech, violating common sense. Freedom is violence.
— Norman O. Brown
Freedom of the press is a flaming sword.
Use it wisely, hold it high, guard it well. — Robert B. Parker
Use it wisely, hold it high, guard it well. — Robert B. Parker
If you're not going to use your free speech to criticize your own government, then what the hell is the point of having it?
— Michel Templet
Does freedom of speech give the right to offend?
— Maajid Nawaz
We must relentlessly and unyieldingly protect freedom of speech and peaceful assembly.
— Bryant McGill
No man owns me. All man can do is practice the timeless, criminal art of threatening to separate my soul from her physical host.
— Tiffany Madison
"Freedom is fundamentally the possibility of standig on a street corner and shouting "There is no freedom here!
— Yoani Sanchez
If you say freedom is overrated, I just might sock ya.
— Nashi Hoshimiya
Because if you don't stand up for the stuff you don't like, when they come for the stuff you do like, you've already lost.
— Neil Gaiman
I think hard times are coming. We will need writers who can remember freedom. Poets, visionaries, the realists of a larger reality.
— Ursula K. Le Guin
Any country where there is no freedom of speech is no more than a Kingdom of Animals where only the powerful speaks!
— Mehmet Murat Ildan
The first amendment protects free speech, but if you don't have freedom of thought, do you really have freedom of speech?
— Rob Kampia
Israel is a country that respects freedom - freedom of assembly, freedom of speech and freedom of worship.
— George Pataki
The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech.
— Bell Hooks
Where there is a great deal of free speech there is always a certain amount of foolish speech.
— Winston Churchill
They judged me like they would judge themselves and that's what they could never understand, we are all human but we are not the same.
— Nikki Rowe
Most people do not really want others to have freedom of speech, they just want others to be given the freedom to say want they want to hear.
— Mokokoma Mokhonoana
Does a person have a right to change his or her own religion? This is a fundamental human right, just like a right to freedom of speech.
— Miroslav Volf
To a coward, courage always looks like stupidity.
— Bill Maher
The freedom to make a fortune on the stock exchange has been made to sound more alluring than freedom of speech.
— John Mortimer
Freedom of speech is a two way street, man. You have the right to say whatever you want and the Boss has a right to tell the police to arrest you.
— Lenny Bruce
You can't pick and choose which types of freedom you want to defend. You must defend all of it or be against all of it.
— Scott Howard Phillips
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
— Soren Kierkegaard
If you have freedom of speech, you have freedom of speech,
— Barney Rosset
Freedom of the press is limited to those who own one.
— A.J. Liebling
If you are not free to say no, your yes is meaningless.
— Brent Weeks
Natural isn't the same as right. Normal isn't the same as moral. Everyone deserves a say in what happens to the world.
— Audrey Greathouse
You can't expect someone to understand your journey, when they've hardly lived one of their own.
— Nikki Rowe
The free expression of the hopes and aspirations of a people is the greatest and only safety in a sane society.
— Emma Goldman
I vote Democrat because Freedom of Speech is fine as long as nobody is offended by it.
— David Letterman
Freedom of speech isn't something you can mess with with journalists. You try to silence them, they'll shout even louder.
— Cecelia Ahern
This is slavery, not to speak one's thought.
— Euripides
Freedom is an absolute state, there is no such thing as being half-free.
— Daniel Delgado F.
The dimension of cultural equity needs to be added to the humane continuum of liberty, freedom of speech and religion, and social justice.
— Alan Lomax
Freedom of speech is useless without freedom of thought.
— Spiro T. Agnew
Freedom of Speech has become Freedom of Stupidity on the internet. Some ignominious users should not be given a voice to comment at all.
— Michael P. Naughton
Freedom of speech ... Freedom of worship ... Freedom from want ... Freedom from fear.
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
I believe in freedom of speech, but I also believe that we have an obligation to condemn speech that is racist, bigoted, anti-Semitic, or hateful.
— John Lewis
There is a fine line between free speech and hate speech. Free speech encourages debate whereas hate speech incites violence.
— Newton Lee
If you can't write freely and if you can't speak freely in your country, you can be sure that you are living in a very primitive country!
— Mehmet Murat Ildan
Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no freedom of thought without doubt.
— Bergen Evans
I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an ass of yourself.
— Oscar Wilde
If we do not believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we do not believe in it at all.
— Noam Chomsky
So we surrender to stupidity, do we? Freedom of speech is sacrificed at the altar of manufactured rage.
— David Mitchell
Proclaim the truth and do not be silent through fear.
— Catherine Of Siena
So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.
— Martin Luther King Jr.
More and more Chinese intend to embrace freedom of speech and human rights as their birthright, not some imported American privilege.
— Michael Anti
Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.
— Benjamin Franklin
Please wake me when I'm free
I cannot bear captivity
4 I would rather be stricken blind
Than 2 live without expression of mind — Tupac Shakur
I cannot bear captivity
4 I would rather be stricken blind
Than 2 live without expression of mind — Tupac Shakur
Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.
— John Milton
freedom of speech becomes mere license when it goes so far as to criticize the Army, differ with the D.A.R., and advocate the rights of the Mob.
— Sinclair Lewis
This can't be constitutional," he said. "This is America, damn it. We still have freedom of speech here.
— Bentley Little
We do have freedom of speech, but if you say the wrong word, it looks like it makes headlines. So everybody has to be very careful.
— Joe Arpaio
Americans have the will to resist because you have weapons. If you don't have a gun, freedom of speech has no power.
— Yoshimi Ishikawa
I have a decision to go, but I am not sure to choose which other prison on the earth.
— Ali Rezavand Zayeri
Freedom of speech does not protect you from the consequences of saying stupid shit.
[Blog post, March 12, 2012] — Jim C. Hines
[Blog post, March 12, 2012] — Jim C. Hines
I believe in power of speech, and food inside prison.
— Popo Santos
I grew up with the concept of freedom of speech. So I'm too old, it's too late for me to adjust to the new world, the new world order.
— Bobby Fischer
The basis of democratic freedom is freedom of speech.
— Aung San Suu Kyi
Do not make the mistake of thinking that you have to agree with people and their beliefs to defend them from injustice.
— Bryant McGill
A freedom given up is not so easily regained.
— Rivera Sun