Israel is a country that respects freedom - freedom of…

“Liberalism is a creation of the seventeenth century, fathered by British philosopher John Locke (1632–1704). For Locke, liberalism means limited government, the rule of…

— Peter Boghossian

In 70s America, protest used to be very effective, but in subsequent decades municipalities have sneakily created a web of 'overpermiticisation' - requirements that…

— Naomi Wolf

I would like people to remember that I kept the peace when I was president and I worked for peace, that I espoused human…

— Jimmy Carter

It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.

— Louis D. Brandeis

Without general elections, without freedom of the press, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, without the free battle of opinions, life in every public…

— Rosa Luxemburg

When we were told that by freedom we understood free enterprise, we did very little to dispel this monstrous falsehood. Wealth and economic well-being,…

— Hannah Arendt

If I lived in China or even Russia, or any totalitarian country, Maybe I could understand some of these illegal injunctions. ... But somewhere…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Young Egyptians, gazing through the windows of the Internet, have gained a keener sense than many of their elders of the freedoms and opportunities…

— Mohamed ElBaradei

If you live in a society where those who govern society and determine its path do not respect freedom of speech and freedom of…

— Pierre Trudeau

The very purpose of a Bill of Rights was to withdraw certain subjects from the vicissitudes of political controversy. One's right to life, liberty…

— Robert H. Jackson

Most Arabs and Muslims feel that the United States hasn't really been paying much attention to their desires. They think it has been pursuing…

— Edward Said

What is the use of freedom of the press if the government is in possession of all the printing presses, what does freedom of…

— Eugen Richter

The First Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment rights in the United States Constitution were being violated in Albany again and again - freedom of speech,…

— Howard Zinn

If Cuba wants normal relations, there's certain things they need to do like become a normal country that respects the rights of their citizens.

— Marco Rubio

“But if there be a country which cannot stand any one of these tests, — a country where knowledge cannot be diffused without perils…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson