“All liberty required was that the space for discourse itself be protected. Liberty lay in the argument itself, not the resolution of… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Students throughout the totalitarian world risk life and limb for freedom of expression, many American college students are demanding that big brother… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
“But sometimes, I have a great longing to hear something different from praise, for my soul sickens of too sweet a diet.… — John Beevers Copy Share Image
“There was only one trial of Galileo, and yet it seems there were a thousand—the suppression of science by religion, the defense… — Dava Sobel Copy Share Image
“The framers of the constitution knew human nature as well as we do. They too had lived in dangerous days; they too… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
“I don’t ever remember being afraid of “oldness”. There are things I miss about being younger - chiefly the ability to pull… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“Thirteen million Negroes in America have never known three of the “Four Freedoms” which America is supposedly spreading to the rest of… — Stephen M. Ward Copy Share Image
“At first Christ was a man – nothing more. Mary was his mother, Joseph his father. The genealogy of his father, Joseph,… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Among all the accomplishments of youth there is none preferable to a decent and agreeable behavior among men, a modest freedom of… — Isaac Watts Copy Share Image
Personally, when it comes to rights, I think one of two things is true. I think either we have unlimited rights, or… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
In fact, it's the greatest threat to liberty of all kinds, whether it is freedom of religion, whether it is freedom of… — Bryan Fischer Copy Share Image
“I had a copy of the Soviet Constitution and I read it with great interest. And I saw all kinds of terms… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The people, the ultimate governors, must have absolute freedom of, and therefore privacy of, their individual opinions and beliefs regardless of how… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
“The idea so commonly found that scepticism leads to toleration arises from considering the effects of scepticism in the intellectual who takes… — Bertrand De Jouvenel Copy Share Image
“...if Men are to be precluded from offering their Sentiments on a matter, which may involve the most serious and alarming consequences,… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“Don’t think it is enough to attend meetings and sit there like a lump…. It is better to address envelopes than to… — Marjory Stoneman Douglas Copy Share Image
“If, to expose the fraud and imposition of monarchy ... to promote universal peace, civilization, and commerce, and to break the chains… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
There's a lot of rules and laws that I follow that our country has set up in the universities. So I definitely… — Mike MacIntyre Copy Share Image
“Danny would have thought it comical if it had come from any other source, on any other day, in any other country.… — Dennis Lehane Copy Share Image
Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom; and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
At the heart of the First Amendment is the recognition of the fundamental importance of the free flow of ideas and opinions… — William Rehnquist Copy Share Image
The Government's power to censor the press was abolished so that the press would remain forever free to censure the Government. The… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
It's certainly not too late to change to the winning side. But you know, you also have the freedom to stay just… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“It’s not the word that’s important, it’s the right to say any word you want to and to form any sentence you… — Arun D. Ellis Copy Share Image
“We are afraid of what we will do to others, afraid of the rage that lies in wait somewhere deep in our… — Joshua Loth Liebman Copy Share Image
“It is the Soldier, not the minister Who has given us freedom of religion. It is the Soldier, not the reporter Who… — Charles M Province Copy Share Image
I am thankful for... the taxes I pay because it means that I am employed, the clothes that fit a little too… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm the enemy because I like to think. I like to read. I'm into freedom of speech and freedom of choice. I'm… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
“Hvis du tar til orde for at Europa en gang skal bli fritt for muslimer, tar du samtidig til orde, i beste… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Truth affirms freedom of speech. Putin is no friend of reli - freedom of speech. Putin is an enemy of freedom of… — Benjamin E. Sasse Copy Share Image
“A persistent preoccupation with "freedom of speech" to the neglect of other freedoms can diminish the shelter available for religion and other… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
“If there's one American belief I hold above all others, it's that those who would set themselves up in judgment on matters… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
The cry has been that when war is declared, all opposition should therefore be hushed. A sentiment more unworthy of a free… — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
This is, in theory, still a free country, but our politically correct, censorious times are such that many of us tremble to… — Simon Heffer Copy Share Image
The ACLU is an organization with a long and distinguished history of fighting to protect freedom of speech. On the other hand,… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
Religion should be subject to commonsense appraisal and rational review, as openly discussible as, say, politics, art and the weather. The First… — Jeffrey Tayler Copy Share Image
“I used to think freedom was freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of conscience. But freedom is the whole life… — Vasily Grossman Copy Share Image
“Tolerance, which is one form of love of neighbor, must manifest itself not only in our personal relations, but also in the… — Joshua Loth Liebman Copy Share Image
“The regime had understood that one person leaving her house while asking herself: Are my trousers long enough? Is my veil in… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
“In fact, after living in Communist China for so many years, I realized that one of the advantages enjoyed by a democratic… — Nien Cheng Copy Share Image
