WikiLeaks will not comply with legally abusive requests from Scientology any more than WikiLeaks has complied with similar demands from Swiss banks,… — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
I grew up under Communism so we could only learn Russian, and then when Communism fell in 1989 we could learn a… — Petra Nemcova Copy Share Image
The first amendment is freedom of speech of what you believe in, if you speak something its your right to say what… — Jenny The Jawbreaker Copy Share Image
Freedom of thought and freedom of speech in our great institutions are absolutely necessary for the preservation of our country. The moment… — John Peter Altgeld Copy Share Image
Wherever despotism abounds, the sources of public information are the first to be brought under its control. Where ever the cause of… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
I believe that the freedom of speech should be protected, but so should a family's right to privacy as they grieve their… — Dave Reichert Copy Share Image
Freedom of conscience, of education, of speech, of assembly are among the very fundamentals of democracy and all of them would be… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I've always thought the most patriotic thing you could do in a democracy is to speak the truth as you see it.… — Barbara Boxer Copy Share Image
Most Arabs and Muslims feel that the United States hasn't really been paying much attention to their desires. They think it has… — Edward Said Copy Share Image
“Remember, we all make our work available in a commercial transaction, the terms of which we, ourselves, dictate. If we give it… — Pete Morin Copy Share Image
“This book is irrelevant to Goodreads because you can’t buy it on Amazon. Also it talks about oppression, censorship etc. and no… — G.R. Reader Copy Share Image
“Any government's condemnation of terrorism is only credible if it shows itself to be responsive to persistent, reasonable, closely argued, non-violent dissent.… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
I lived long enough in a society where freedom of speech was nonexistent, and I know what kind of misery that creates… — Milos Forman Copy Share Image
So many academics have been imprisoned or expelled from their university posts just because they signed a letter calling for peaceful solution… — Burhan Sonmez Copy Share Image
Love myself I do. Not everything, but I love the good as well as the bad. I love my crazy lifestyle, and… — Johnny Weir Copy Share Image
It's like freedom of speech - they can't tell you not to do it. When no one will put you on at… — Andy Grammer Copy Share Image
There will be no more protest. No more dissension. No more violence. There will be only one voice. The voice of Ravinia.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
No danger flowing from speech can be deemed clear and present unless the incidence of the evil apprehended is so imminent that… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
“Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
“When picking a leader, choose a peacemaker. One who unites, not divides. A cultured leader who supports the arts and true freedom… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
Authoritative interpretations of the First Amendment guarantees have consistently refused to recognize an exception for any test of truth whether administered by… — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
“Journalists are being suffocated, silenced, even shot through bullet proof vests by governments who do not believe that freedom of speech is… — Aysha Taryam Copy Share Image
The big issue is this incremental whittling away of our constitutional rights, our most important constitutional rights, including freedom of speech. This… — John Kiriakou Copy Share Image
Strange it is that men should admit the validity of the arguments for free speech but object to their being "pushed to… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
All speech should be presumed to be protected by the Constitution, and a heavy burden should be placed on those who would… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
Democracy, to maintain itself, must repeatedly conquer every cell and corner of the nation. How many of our public institutions and private… — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
The Libertarian position on the freedom of speech is a strong support of freedom of speech, and we oppose government intervention in… — Michael Badnarik Copy Share Image
Our spirit is back, but we haven't reinstitutionalized it. We've got to do a better job of getting across that America is… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I begin to feel like I was in the last generation of Americans who took a civics class. I begin to feel… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
By limiting or denying freedom of speech and expression, we take away a lot of potential. We take away thoughts and ideas… — Jill McCorkle Copy Share Image
Religion grants its adherents malign, intoxicating and morally corrosive sensations. Destroying intellectual freedom is always evil, but only religion makes doing evil… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
In the years since then, those four freedoms - freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
“We are not going to always agree with each other, but we should have the dignity to always respect each other’s freedom… — Ellen J. Barrier Copy Share Image
I joined the Labour party because I believed in equality, in freedom of speech and in tolerance, compassion and understanding for people,… — Geoff Hoon Copy Share Image
“Before you ask others to respect your beliefs, you have to respect their beliefs. Do you respect others beliefs when you recite… — Wafa Sultan Copy Share Image
“Any nation allowing its people the right of freedom of speech is powerless to defend itself against enemies masquerading as patriotic; and… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Freedom of speech means that you shall not do something to people either for the views they have, or the views they… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
Freedom of speech is the great bulwark of liberty; they prosper and die together: And it is the terror of traitors and… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
The general rule of law is, that the noblest of human productions knowledge, truths ascertained, conceptions and ideas become, after voluntary communication… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
“There’s no question about freedom of speech when everyone thinks exactly the same and no one says anything out of the accepted… — Keith Harmon Copy Share Image
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