Nor was it only from the millions of slaves that chains had been removed; the whole nation had been in bondage; free… — Matthew Simpson Copy Share Image
I was interested in the ideas - freedom, free speech and having control of my own life. That's why I became a… — Liz Truss Copy Share Image
The Senate used to be a place of great debate and accomplishment. Now it is run like a dictatorship shutting out the… — John Cornyn Copy Share Image
The Founding Fathers' instructions were clear: The right to free speech includes bad speech; it means tolerance of ideas that many find… — David Ignatius Copy Share Image
Worrying that banning flag desecration would inhibit free speech reveals a misunderstanding of the flag's fundamental nature. — Adrian Cronauer Copy Share Image
You know, everybody believes in free speech until you start questioning them about it. — Larry Flynt Copy Share Image
It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears. — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
“If you're not going to use your free speech to criticize your own government, then what the hell is the point of… — Michel Templet Copy Share Image
You get to say that the Earth is flat because we live in a country that guarantees your free speech. But it's… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
The people on the far left, they claim to be about free speech and expression. But as soon as you put something… — Stephen Miller Copy Share Image
I'm sure even in America, where you have, like, free speech people self-censor themself. And it's not - it happens because of… — Bassem Youssef Copy Share Image
We have no blasphemy laws these days but with that freedom comes the responsibility which should always attend the exercise of free… — Ann Widdecombe Copy Share Image
These are all voluntary resources which help parents sort out the choices without infringing on the artists rights to free speech, which… — Tipper Gore Copy Share Image
Evaluating countries is senseless and I would never put things in those terms, but that some of America's advances, particularly in the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The Department of Justice should resolutely bar monopolizing mergers in all markets, including telecommunications, but they are not in a position, as… — Reed Hundt Copy Share Image
No one understands that the First Amendment is only important if you are going to offend somebody. If you're not going to… — Larry Flynt Copy Share Image
“Nobody ever wanted to go to war, but if a war came your way, it might as well be the right war,… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“First of all, why in this free country of ours has "free speech" turned into "anything goes"? Why isn't it necessary to… — Lynne Spears Copy Share Image
It is no solution to define words as violence or prejudice as oppression, and then by cracking down on words or thoughts… — Jonathan Rauch Copy Share Image
There is no question that under the Equal Rights Amendment there will be debates at times, indecision at times, litigation at times.… — Frances Farenthold Copy Share Image
History has shown that there are very few mechanisms as effective at maintaining the status quo as a set of institutionalized regulations.… — Paul Baran Copy Share Image
“I had learned that some people feel that books are "intrusive," in the sense that books put things in their heads that… — Gary Reilly Copy Share Image
America is just so weird in what they think is right and wrong. Like, I was watching 'Breaking Bad' the other day,… — Miley Cyrus Copy Share Image
My belief in free speech is so profound that I am seldom tempted to deny it to the other fellow. Nor do… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
I have a long history of defending, and promoting, free speech and open debate - especially (especially!) within Muslim communities. — Mehdi Hasan Copy Share Image
Democrats need to value free speech and we should not be intimidated into giving an inch of it away. — Claire Fox Copy Share Image
The American people, I am convinced, really detest free speech. At the slightest alarm they are ready and eager to put it… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
That Shameful Moment When You Are Yelling At Someone And You Messed Up A Word... — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
Somehow, defending my liberal values of free speech, liberty, and rights of the individual has become a conservative position. — Dave Rubin Copy Share Image
The Moment Of Shame When You Say Something And Then Realise That It Made No Sense... — Pacifiersucker Copy Share Image
The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theater and causing a… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
If you're a black woman at an Ivy League school, there is no free speech for me because they're already pissed that… — Anthea Butler Copy Share Image
Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word; and not just comforting platitudes too mundane to need protection. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Depending on your political orientation, the Dixie Chicks are either the great defenders of free speech or American traitors. — Shawn Amos Copy Share Image
The function of free speech under our system of government is to invite dispute. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The United States is a land of free speech. Nowhere is speech freer - not even here where we sedulously cultivate it… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
It is impossible for ideas to compete in the marketplace if no forum for their presentation is provided or available. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's impossible to utilize your right to free speech in the way you truly deserve and not suffer repercussions on any level. — David Draiman Copy Share Image
If you have ever read my columns, you know how important free speech is to me... and how important it should be… — Kat Timpf Copy Share Image
Maybe when they no longer receive Sierra magazine in their mailboxes, journalists will understand how campaign finance reform abridges free speech. — Matt Welch Copy Share Image
