“Facts count. Conspiracy theories, usually the refuge of the bitter or disempowered, range from factually challenged to wildly hallucinogenic. Conspiracy theories are… — K. Lee Lerner Copy Share Image
[Alan Berg's] memory haunts many people, even those who never heard him on the radio, because his death could be read as… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
“It was a shocking thing to say and I knew it was a shocking thing to say. But no one has the… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“Imagination sees the complete reality, - it is where past, present and future meet... Imagination is limited neither to the reality which… — Kahlil Gibran Copy Share Image
“The idea of an earthly paradise in which men should live together in a state of brotherhood, without laws and without brute… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
When you dig down, people are pretty progressive, by and large. I guess, I've said it many times - that a lot… — Tom Harkin Copy Share Image
“I realize that what happened in Bosnia could happen anywhere in the world, particularly in places that are diverse and have a… — Savo Heleta Copy Share Image
I think that our politics everywhere are gonna be going through this bumpy phase. But as long as we stay true to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
One cannot have a trade union or a democratic election without freedom of speech, freedom of association and assembly. Without a democratic… — George Meany Copy Share Image
It's a free country, man. Freedom of speech is the first amendment. But when you are talking business and being a role… — Mike Perry Copy Share Image
“Amendment I Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom… — The Founding Fathers Copy Share Image
Those who won our independence believed that the final end of the state was to make men free to develop their faculties… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
“Ever since the Enlightenment era in the 17th and 18th Centuries—which, among other things, gave birth to the U.S. Constitution and the… — Gudjon Bergmann Copy Share Image
“It is not certain whether the effects of totalitarianism upon verse need be so deadly as its effects on prose. There is… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
I think it's very important for everyone in America to realize right now the state of our country, not just on this… — Mary Steenburgen Copy Share Image
“The Internet is transient. Information can be removed with a couple of mouse-clicks; it is an Orwellian dream. We have been advised,… — G.R. Reader Copy Share Image
Let's not use the term democracy as a play on words which is what people commonly do, using human rights as a… — Alejandro Castro Espin Copy Share Image
“The screen flickered and went black. The words “LIVE FEED” pulsated in white at the bottom left of the screen. A subdued… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“Unpopular ideas can be silenced, and inconvenient facts kept dark, without the need for any official ban... Anyone who challenges the prevailing… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“Now we lie here, a decapitated generation, our child-like names vanishing on tombstones, can't you see? Once there was Rock 'n' Roll,… — Laura Gentile Copy Share Image
If we were going to address what involves the biggest number of women, reproductive freedom is a fundamental human right - like… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
From the standpoint of freedom of speech and the press, it is enough to point out that the state has no legitimate… — Tom C. Clark Copy Share Image
“Why the double standard of counting dignitary harm (in addition to material harms) against conscience claims, but not at all against speech?… — John Corvino Copy Share Image
“The fundamentalist seeks to bring down a great deal more than buildings. Such people are against, to offer just a brief list,… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
After the Tiananmen Massacre, I felt compelled not only to continue writing but to actively resist the restrictions placed on freedom of… — Ma Jian Copy Share Image
Those who created this country chose freedom. With all of its dangers. And do you know the riskiest part of that choice… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
Well, human rights defenders, freedom of speech advocates, lawyers that we spoke to said this is really an expansion. After the military… — Leila Fadel Copy Share Image
We forget that, although freedom of speech constitutes an important victory in the battle against old restraints, modern man is in a… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“Neurotic: The one who is so obsessed with himself or herself, that believes everything I post on facebook is a personalized message,… — Robin Sacredfire Copy Share Image
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