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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

A nation of underachievers is easier to control than a society that excels. — Robyn Heirtzler

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

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

I fear gratuitous censorship more than gratuitous violence. — Marty Rubin

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

Don't exercise your freedom of speech until you have exercised your freedom of thought. — Tim Fargo

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

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

Our freedom of speech is freedom or death,
We got to fight the powers that be! — Chuck D

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

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist. — Salman Rushdie

Where there is a great deal of free speech there is always a certain amount of foolish speech. — Winston Churchill

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

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

Israel is a country that respects freedom - freedom of assembly, freedom of speech and freedom of worship. — George Pataki

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

Free speech means the right to shout 'theatre' in a crowded fire. — Abbie Hoffman

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

The first amendment protects free speech, but if you don't have freedom of thought, do you really have freedom of speech? — Rob Kampia

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

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

I believe in power of speech, and food inside prison. — Popo Santos

The freedom to make a fortune on the stock exchange has been made to sound more alluring than freedom of speech. — John Mortimer

The free expression of the hopes and aspirations of a people is the greatest and only safety in a sane society. — Emma Goldman

I believe that freedom of speech and freedom of religion go hand-in-hand in America. — Kirk Cameron

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 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

Freedom of the press is limited to those who own one. — A.J. Liebling

Freedom of Speech is Freedom of Music. — Sun Ra

To a coward, courage always looks like stupidity. — Bill Maher

You can't expect someone to understand your journey, when they've hardly lived one of their own. — Nikki Rowe

Free thought, free speech and a free press. — Anne Royall

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

If you are not free to say no, your yes is meaningless. — Brent Weeks

I vote Democrat because Freedom of Speech is fine as long as nobody is offended by it. — David Letterman

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

When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every tenement and every hamlet, from every state and every city. — Martin Luther King Jr.

It is easy to believe in freedom of speech for those with whom we agree. — Leo McKern

Without freedom of speech, there is no modern world, just a barbaric one. — Ai Weiwei

The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech. — Bell Hooks

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.

Resist this war on God, freedom of religion and freedom of speech. — Ben Carson

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

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

A man is entitled to say whatever he wants to say. It's America, freedom of speech. — Reggie Evans

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

Everyone asks for freedom for himself,
The man free love, the businessman free trade,
The writer and talker free speech and free press. — Robert Frost

If we can't say what we think under our roof, then we have no roof. — Andre Aciman

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

Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties. — John Milton

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

Which country is suffering from too much freedom of speech? Name it, is there one? — Julian Assange

We should silence anyone who opposes the right to freedom of speech. — Boyle Roche

I am sure that as soon as speech was invented, efforts to suppress and control it began, and that process of suppression continues unabated. — Gilbert S. Merritt Jr.

Thus freedom of thought, in any valuable sense, includes freedom of speech. — John B. Bury