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  • The current total of countries in the world with First Amendments is one. You have guaranteed freedom of speech. Other countries don't have that.

  • It is within the established American tradition of satire, if America surrenders on this point, the freedom of speech is a relic of history.

  • I wouldn't perform in front of the Nazis. I hear they didn't take freedom of speech too well. It would be a fun gig to rip into them, but I don't think the ending would be great for me.

    Fun   Rip   Thinking  
    Source: manofmany.com
  • The basis of democratic freedom is freedom of speech.

  • To view the opposition as dangerous is to misunderstand the basic concepts of democracy. To oppress the opposition is to assault the very foundation of democracy.

    Aung San Suu Kyi (1997). “Letters From Burma:”
  • The values that we share - freedom of speech, freedom of religious practice, freedom for civil society, free and fair elections, all the innovation that's been created through a market-based economy - those things are ultimately going to be the path for us to continue into a better future. I hope that, despite some of the challenges we have, that people appreciate that.

    Source: www.spiegel.de
  • The strength of this country lies in the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights and the freedom of speech and thought.

    Country   Lying   Rights  
  • My view is that good community management is like having good municipal government: You should be able to have dissenting opinions and so on, freedom of speech, but your grandmother should also be able to walk down the street at night without having to worry about getting mugged.

    "Open vs. Closed: Jimmy Wales on Being Open". Interview with Mathew Ingram, gigaom.com. April 29, 2010.
  • The law is agnostic about truth. It's very skeptical of ultimate truth. That's why freedom of speech permits lies to be told.

  • We will not be led like sheep to the slaughter.

    "Freedom fighters" by Andrew Pulver, www.theguardian.com. February 23, 2001.
  • There is no freedom of speech if you're a conservative.

    Source: www.glennbeck.com
  • I forget, is freedom of speech when it's legal to say what you want or is it when it has no consequences for some reason?

    Twitter post from Dec 19, 2013
  • Some people still believe you should just fall in line with whats going on - and thats scary. It makes a mockery of freedom of speech.

    Fall   Believe   People  
  • After reading hundreds of e-mails, I have made MY decision. By pulling my opening Oct 3rd, You (ESPN) stepped on the Toes of The First Amendment Freedom of Speech, so therefore Me, My Song, and All My Rowdy Friends are OUT OF HERE. It's been a great run.

    Running   Song   Reading  
    "ESPN severs ties with Hank Williams Jr". www.cnn.com. October 6, 2011.
  • Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no freedom of thought without doubt.

    "The Natural History of Nonsense". Book by Bergen Evans, 1946.
  • The relative freedom which we enjoy depends of public opinion. The law is no protection. Governments make laws, but whether they are carried out, and how the police behave, depends on the general temper in the country. If large numbers of people are interested in freedom of speech, there will be freedom of speech, even if the law forbids it; if public opinion is sluggish, inconvenient minorities will be persecuted, even if laws exist to protect them.

    Country   Freedom   Law  
    George Orwell (2016). “Fifty Essays (George Orwell) (Literary Thoughts Edition)”, p.501, epubli
  • Exploring and understanding the Net is an ongoing process. Cyberspace never sits still; it evolves as fast as society itself. Only if we fight to preserve our freedom of speech on the Net will we ensure our ability to keep up with both the Net and society.

    Mike Godwin (1998). “Cyber Rights: Defending Free Speech in the Digital Age”, Crown Business
  • Free speech is the bedrock of liberty and a free society. And yes, it includes the right to blaspheme and offend.

    Ayaan Hirsi Ali (2011). “Nomad: From Islam to America: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations”, p.215, Simon and Schuster
  • Where there is no freedom of speech, there is no conscience.

    Speech on Freedom of Expression at the European Parliament, February 14, 2008.
  • Privacy is not explicitly spelled out in the Constitution as freedom of speech is in the First Amendment.

    "Life, Liberty And Pursuit Of Porn". Wired Interview, www.wired.com. February 19, 2004.
  • Native Americans are the original inhabitants of the land that now constitutes the United States. They have helped develop the fundamental principles of freedom of speech and separation of powers that form the foundation of the United States Government.

  • Those who won our independence... valued liberty as an end and as a means. They believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.

    Louis D. Brandeis (2009). “Other People's Money and How the Bankers Use It”, p.10, Cosimo, Inc.
  • The dissemination of the individual's opinions on matters of public interest is for us, in the historic words of the Declaration of Independence, an 'unalienable right' that 'governments are instituted among men to secure.' History shows us that the Founders were not always convinced that unlimited discussion of public issues would be 'for the benefit of all of us' but that they firmly adhered to the proposition that the 'true liberty of the press' permitted 'every man to publish his opinion'.

    Curtis Publishing Co. v. Butts, 1967.
  • Debate on public issues should be uninhibited, robust and wide-open and that...may well include vehement, caustic, and sometimes unpleasantly sharp attacks on government and public officials.

    New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964)
  • Freedom of speech is about expressing your opinion, however bad or good, however right or wrong, and being able to defend it and argue it and be argued with about it in public forums. But that's not what academic freedom is about. That's not what the classroom is about.

    Source: www.salon.com
  • The Government's power to censor the press was abolished so that the press would remain forever free to censure the Government. The press was protected so that it could bare the secrets of government and inform the people. Only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government.

    Peace   War   Government  
    "New York Times Co. v. United States, 403 U.S. 713". Concurring opinion, 1971.
  • The primacy of the word, basis of the human psyche, that has in our age been used for mind-bending persuasion and brain-washing pulp, disgraced by Gobbles and debased by advertising copy, remains a force for freedom that flies out between all bars.

  • And I honor the man who is willing to sink half his present repute for the freedom to think, and, when he has thought, be his cause strong or weak, Will risk t' other half for the freedom to speak.

    Wisdom   Strong   Men  
    James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.148
  • We who officially value freedom of speech above life itself seem to have nothing to talk about but the weather.

    Barbara Ehrenreich (1990). “WORST YEARS OF OUR LIVES”, Pantheon
  • Regardless of all of the ways that the media have changed in recent years, one thing that will never go out of style in America is the ability of a free press to keep the public accurately and honestly informed about its government.

    "Detroit Free Press Wins Pulitzer Prize". Candice S. Miller, "Congressional Record", Volume 155, Number 59, United States House of Representatives, Page H4588, www.gpo.gov. April 22, 2009.
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