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  • Al Jazeera is known in the Arab world as the voice of freedom of expression.

  • With regard to freedom of expression there are basically two positions: you defend it vigorously for views you hate, or you reject it in favor of Stalinist/Fascist standards.

    Hate   Views   Expression  
    Noam Chomsky (2011). “Deterring Democracy”, p.394, Random House
  • Any restrictions to freedom of expression will always open the door to possible others, because analogical reasoning can mount arguments showing why this or that class of objects is closely similar to those for which exceptions have been made.

    Randal Marlin (2002). “Propaganda and the Ethics of Persuasion”, p.230, Broadview Press
  • I believe in freedom of expression, I don't believe in censorship.

    Source: www.harpersbazaar.com
  • But it also came at a significant cost for human rights, and today's restricted freedom of expression, self-censorship and stunted multiparty democracy.

    Freedom   Party   Rights  
    "Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew, 'a true giant of history', dies aged 91" by Kevin Rawlinson, Kirsten Han, www.theguardian.com. March 22, 2015.
  • No one can give you freedom but you.

  • I absolutely believe that America has a responsibility, and the privilege of helping defend freedom and promote the principles that make the world more peaceful. And those principles include human rights, human dignity, free enterprise, freedom of expression, elections.

    Source: genius.com
  • From a comparative perspective, the United States is unusual if not unique in the lack of restraints on freedom of expression. It is also unusual in the range and effectiveness of methods employed to restrain freedom of thought... Where the voice of the people is heard, elite groups must insure their voice says the right things.

    "Though Control in the USA: The Case of the Middle East". "Index on Censorship" Magazine, July/August 1986.
  • In liberal democracy and anxious anarchy, the traditional classic dance, compact of aristocratic authority and absolute freedom in a necessity of order, has never been so promising as an independent expression as it is today.

    Lincoln Kirstein (1952). “The Classic Ballet, Basic Technique and Terminology”
  • I support the rights of all people to practice their religious beliefs privately, but I oppose the idea of respecting religions. In truth, I have no respect for any religion. I believe religion is not compatible with human rights, women's rights, or freedom of expression.

  • The law will never make a man free; it is men who have got to make the law free.

    Freedom   Men   Law  
  • Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression; in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.

    Albert Einstein (2011). “Out of My Later Years: The Scientist, Philosopher, and Man Portrayed Through His Own Words”, p.14, Open Road Media
  • I think when I started acting it was the first time I got the freedom of expression. I was able to express certain emotions and feelings that I could put into other characters, so it was a good way for me to run away from ho I personally was. I could be a ninja, I could be a pirate or I could be in a play y'know.

    Source: www.chud.com
  • Many people are now starting to experience a new energy filtering down through the density of mass consciousness. This energy stirs your spirit to find freedom of expression and amplifies the voice within your heart. This new planetary energy facilitates people in thinking more about the heart and its potentials in all human affairs.

    Heart   Thinking   Voice  
  • I support freedom of expression, no matter whose, so I oppose DDoS attacks regardless of their target... they're the poison gas of cyberspace.

    "Analysis: WikiLeaks battle: a new amateur face of cyber war?" by Peter Apps, www.reuters.com. December 9, 2010.
  • I'm for the freedom of expression, given that it will be under strict control.

  • If we don't believe in free expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.

    Interview with John Pilger on BBC's "The Late Show", November 25, 1992.
  • The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice; their choice!

    Address at the Hunt Armory in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, www.presidency.ucsb.edu. October 09, 1956.
  • I defend both the freedom of expression and society's right to counter it. I must pay the price for differing. It is the natural way of things.

  • I'm a big advocate of freedom: freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom of thought.

  • All manners of freedom, including freedom of expression, freedom of conscious, freedom of thought...it accepts tolerance. But it is not an atheist society. Religion is the private affair of an individual...be present in the public domain, but state has to be clearly separated from religion. When I'm speaking, I'm speaking only for myself. At the same time, I know that these ideas have wide support among the Iranian population.

    Source: www.motherjones.com
  • Freedom of expression is the foundation of human rights, the source of humanity, and the mother of truth.

    "Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo’s Imprisonment a Painful Reminder of China’s Dictatorship" by Thor Halvorssen, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 10, 2012.
  • Authority ought to be there only to serve its particular community by removing restrictions on freedom of expression and action under my golden rule of 'Do what you like so long as you don't impose it on others'. Authority's role should be in protecting the unwilling from the will of another. After that, they should push off and leave us alone.

  • Akbar Ganji is a human rights activist in Iran and he works on freedom of expression and he does his job very well.

  • To become self-aware, people must be allowed to hear a plurality of opinions and then make up their own minds. They must be allowed to say, write and publish whatever they want. Freedom of expression is the most basic, but fundamental, right. Without it, human beings are reduced to automatons.

    "China’s Olympic Crossroads: Author Ma Jian on Beijing, Spectacle and Reality". Interview with Flora Zhang, beijing2008.blogs.nytimes.com. August 5, 2008.
  • The new freedom of expression brought by the Internet goes far beyond politics. People relate to each other in new ways, posing questions about how we should respond to people when all that we know about them is what we have learned through a medium that permits all kinds of anonymity and deception.

    "The unknown promise of internet freedom" by Peter Singer, www.theguardian.com. April 4, 2010.
  • Joe Lieberman frightens me. Why should we, an Hollywood voter, donate money to a man who threatens our creative freedom, our freedom of expression.

    Source: www.nbcnews.com
  • I believe in absolute freedom of expression. Everyone has a right to offend and be offended.

  • I was intelligent enough to make up my own mind. I not only had freedom of choice, I had freedom of expression.

    "Author of The Joy Luck Club". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 28, 1996.
  • Free speech is essential to education, especially to a liberal education, which encourages the search for truths in art and science. If expression is restricted, the range of inquiry is also curtailed... The beneficiaries of a free society have a duty to pursue the truth and to protect the freedom of expression that makes possible the search for a new enlightenment.

    Education   Art   Truth  
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