Freedom of expression Quotes

“Freedom is all I want.”

— Nashi

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— K.J. Charles

“Want to read me, let me write.”

— P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar

No one can give you freedom but you.

— Byron Katie

“A freedom given up is not so easily regained.”

— Rivera Sun

The freedom of thought and expression is one of the most sacred rights in this country.

— Eliot Engel

Protecting basic rights such as freedom of expression enhances social stability.

— Max Baucus

Freedom of expression, innovation, and choice drive our economy.

— Jay Inslee

Total freedom of expression does not compensate for lack of talent.

— Nicolas Gomez Davila

“A nuclear-weapons-free world is the highest gift of humanity to the next generation.”

— Amit Ray

Freedom of expression is essential for feminists and dissidents in the Muslim world.

— Deeyah Khan

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

— Noam Chomsky

We have never done anything to stop freedom of expression or freedom of press.

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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

— Noam Chomsky

I believe in the freedom of expression, unequivocally - though, as I have written before, I wish more people would understand that…

— Roxane Gay

“Freedom of speech is unnecessary if the people to whom it is granted do not think for themselves.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I have always respected the freedom of expression. But the dissemination of false information is lamentable and subject to criminal penalties.

— Albert II, Prince of Monaco

Artists often become vocal advocates of freedom of expression because we depend on it so heavily in our work. But it is…

— Nazanin Boniadi

Joe Lieberman frightens me. Why should we, an Hollywood voter, donate money to a man who threatens our creative freedom, our freedom…

— Joe Eszterhas

This, I think, is a really important question. Where does freedom of expression cross over into harassment? And what can you do…

— Richard Bacon

Everyone has his or her own opinion and I always welcome criticism. That's why we have freedom of expression and that's also…

— Ilkay Gundogan

What I like about mixing fiction and non-fiction is being able to fully explore an idea without being bound by genre. If…

— Helen Humphreys

I opposed the Fatwa against Salman Rushdie. I read the book and took a critical distance. I did not think The Satanic…

— Tariq Ramadan

“Just as the universe learns about itself through the creative expression of nature, so do we. Freedom of expression is not only…

— VD

“Some countries are ruled by humans, but some are ruled by animals! Totalitarian one-man regimes, where opponents are arrested for fabricated reasons,…

— Mehmet Murat ildan

History is rife with examples of governments taking actions to 'protect' their citizens from harm by controlling access to information and inhibiting…

— Vint Cerf

We can never intimidate and discourage the people who voice their words with courage. The essence of freedom rests precisely here -…

— Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj

Western countries allow no freedom of expression, which they claim to advocate, with regard to the myth of the massacre of Jews…

— Ali Khamenei

People who believe in freedom of expression have spent several centuries fighting against censorship, in whatever form. We have to be certain…

— John Ralston Saul

“1. Everyone is entitled to their opinion about the things they read (or watch, or listen to, or taste, or whatever). They’re…

— John Scalzi

“Be calm when the unthinkable arrives. Modern tyranny is terror management. When the terrorist attack comes, remember that authoritarians exploit such events…

— Timothy Snyder

Without the freedom of expression the human species will never move forward. Never less but backwards, without the freedom to express ones…

— Jeremy Limn

“Modern tyranny is terror management. When the terrorist attack comes, remember that authoritarians exploit such events in order to consolidate power. The…

— Timothy Snyder

“While psychologists will say that it is fear of rejection that stands between humanity and freedom, or deeper still, a public humiliation,…

— Laurence Galian

“A slut is someone, usually a woman, who’s stepped outside of the very narrow lane that good girls are supposed to stay…

— Jaclyn Friedman

“Mubarak said: I talk to you during critical times that are testing Egypt and its people which could sweep them into the…

— Amiso M. George

“It is not that difficult to understand and differentiate between our said rights and our assumption that we solely own them. (...)…

— Claudys Kantara

For what good is freedom of expression if you lack the means to express yourself?

— Roy Peter Clark

“If you do not exercise your rights, they will be taken away.”

— Aegelis

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

— Wadah Khanfar