There are no degrees to freedom of speech, its all or nothing. You can't choose only what you like to hear. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears. — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
The freedom of speech and the freedom of press, it's just precious man, it really is. — Killer Mike Copy Share Image
Freedom of speech does not mean freedom of offending culture, religion or traditions, — Staffan de Mistura Copy Share Image
It is within the established American tradition of satire, if America surrenders on this point, the freedom of speech is a relic… — Pamela Geller 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
I think my first album opened a lot of doors for me to push the freedom of speech to the limit. — Eminem Copy Share Image
I grew up with the concept of freedom of speech. So I'm too old, it's too late for me to adjust to… — Bobby Fischer Copy Share Image
To view the opposition as dangerous is to misunderstand the basic concepts of democracy. To oppress the opposition is to assault the… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
We don't have an Official Secrets Act in the United States, as other countries do. Under the First Amendment, freedom of the… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
Freedom of speech is fine, if you dislike someone you are entitled to that but in regards to racist abuse, sexist abuse,… — David James Copy Share Image
Large newspapers are routinely censored by legal costs. It is time this stopped. It is time a country said, enough is enough,… — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
In the U.S., the country that has always been lecturing the world about the value of freedoms - of freedom of speech,… — Margarita Simonyan Copy Share Image
I think that it is high time that we remembered that we have sworn to uphold and defend the Constitution. I think… — Margaret Chase Smith Copy Share Image
“There are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Do we really want the FCC to conduct investigations and issue warnings to radio talk show hosts nationwide who simply discuss the… — Tim Walberg Copy Share Image
I've always wondered if people who block each other from expressing their opinions do so because they have so little confidence in… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
“Freedom now appeared, to disappear no more forever. It was heard in every sound and seen in every thing. It was very… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Right now we live in an age of extreme Political Correctness. It has gone way too far. I hope it's just a… — Oliver Markus Malloy Copy Share Image
The First Amendment's language leaves no room for inference that abridgments of speech and press can be made just because they are… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
The First Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment rights in the United States Constitution were being violated in Albany again and again - freedom… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
“The more a government strives to curtail freedom of speech, the more obstinately is it resisted; not indeed by the avaricious,... but… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
“George W. Bush gave this response to the question of ‘Why do they hate us?’: ‘…They hate our freedoms: our freedom of… — Joseph Befumo Copy Share Image
In many respects, the United States is a great country. Freedom of speech is protected more than in any other country. It… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“Freedom to believe means the freedom to believe the wrong thing, after all. Just as freedom of speech gives you the right… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I accept that people are going to call me awful things every day, and I will always defend their right to do… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“If we do not believe in freedom of speech for those we despise we do not believe in it at all.” — Norm Chomsky Copy Share Image
Freedom of expression is the foundation of human rights, the source of humanity, and the mother of truth. — Liu Xiaobo Copy Share Image
Freedom of speech and civil liberties have been targeted and repressed in Hong Kong. — Michelle Steel Copy Share Image
Lebanese freedom of speech : You get to say whatever you like as long as the authorities approve of it... Hilarious. — Ziad K. Abdelnour Copy Share Image
Corporations have at different times been so far unable to distinguish freedom of speech from freedom of lying that their freedom has… — Carl L. Becker Copy Share Image
I'm for the freedom of expression, given that it will be under strict control. — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
We should not have either a blunt knife or a freedom of speech which is ill-managed. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
“The constitution did indeed guarantee freedom of speech, but the laws punished anything that could be considered an attack on state security” — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“If you defend free speech for bigots but not to combat bigotry, then you believe in bigotry, not free speech.” — DaShanne Stokes Copy Share Image
Freedom of speech implies the world isn’t defined. It is meaningful when people are allowed to see the world their way. — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
The First Amendment was designed to protect offensive speech, because nobody ever tries to ban the other kind. — Mike Godwin Copy Share Image
I forget, is freedom of speech when it's legal to say what you want or is it when it has no consequences… — Eugene Mirman Copy Share Image
A nice, easy place for freedom of speech to be eroded is comics, because comics are a natural target whenever an election… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
