The Freedom Of Speech Quotes
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I definitely didn't fit in perfectly to the school system. I was raised with such freedom of speech and thinking.
— Julie Delpy
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
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
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
Freedom is the freedom to say two plus two equals four.
— George Orwell
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
We won't tolerate abuses and crimes made every day in the name of freedom of speech. That is freedom of extortion and blackmail.
— Rafael Correa
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 law is agnostic about truth. It's very skeptical of ultimate truth. That's why freedom of speech permits lies to be told.
— Alan Dershowitz
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
The fundamentals that founded our great nation included the freedom of speech and religion.
— Markwayne Mullin
Freedom of worship, even of public speech, would become a farce if interference became the order of the day.
— Mahatma Gandhi
The threat or fear of violence should not become an excuse or justification for restricting freedom of speech.
— Alan Dershowitz
The time has now come to amend the Constitution to restore freedom of speech for America's people of faith.
— Ralph E. Reed Jr.
If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
— George Washington
Abuses of the freedom of speech ought to be repressed, but to whom are we to commit the power of doing it?
— Benjamin Franklin
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
Free speech is meaningless if the commercial cacophony has risen to the point where no one can hear you.
— Naomi Klein
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
Slavery tolerates no freedom of the press, no freedom of speech, no freedom of opinion.
— Hinton Rowan Helper
Their only words. You can't be afraid of words that speak the truth, even if it's an unpleasant truth.
— George Carlin
Because Freedom is the most important thing on life, let me Be.
— John Steinbeck
I believe in freedom of speech, but I believe we should also have the right to comment on freedom of speech.
— Stockwell Day
Privacy is not explicitly spelled out in the Constitution as freedom of speech is in the First Amendment.
— Larry Flynt
We need to defend absolutely the freedom of speech.
— Patrick Chappatte
If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.
— George Orwell
Let everywriter
tell his
own
lies
That's freedom
of the
press. — Norman Mailer
Take away freedom of speech, and the creative faculties dry up.
— George Orwell
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
— S.G. Tallentyre
It is within the established American tradition of satire, if America surrenders on this point, the freedom of speech is a relic of history.
— Pamela Geller
Freedom of speech and the press must be complete. But then freedom of association must be complete too.
— Vladimir Lenin
Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error.
— Thomas Jefferson
Freedom of speech is always under attack by Fascist mentality, which exists in all parts of the world, unfortunately.
— Lawrence Ferlinghetti
The sheriff listened uneasily to a sound, very uncommon at elections, of the populace expressing an opinion contrary to that of the lord of the soil.
— Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
We have to uphold a free press and freedom of speech because, in the end, lies and misinformation are no match for the truth. — Barack Obama
Beyond all the other reasons not to do it, free speech assaults always backfire: they transform bigots into martyrs.
— Glenn Greenwald
Hypocrites get offended by the truth.
— Jess C. Scott
Falling down a flight of steps with a dagger in your back is a disease caused by unwise opening of the mouth.
— Terry Pratchett
THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE, LIES WILL PUT YOU INTO PRISON
— Nelson M. Lubao
A freedom given up is not so easily regained.
— Rivera Sun
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
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
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
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
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
I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an ass of yourself.
— Oscar Wilde
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.
Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.
— Benjamin Franklin
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
I think my first album opened a lot of doors for me to push the freedom of speech to the limit.
— Eminem
Free speech is the bedrock of liberty and a free society. And yes, it includes the right to blaspheme and offend.
— Ayaan Hirsi Ali
The price of freedom of religion or of speech or of the press is that we must put up with, and even pay for, a good deal of rubbish.
— Robert H. Jackson
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
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
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
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
The freedom to make a fortune on the stock exchange has been made to sound more alluring than freedom of speech.
— John Mortimer
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
— Soren Kierkegaard
Freedom of the press is limited to those who own one.
— A.J. Liebling
The free expression of the hopes and aspirations of a people is the greatest and only safety in a sane society.
— Emma Goldman
