“proof that free speech and the truth wrapped in a good joke will always be more persuasive and more powerful than identity… — Milo Yiannopoulos Copy Share Image
Speech is protected in the U.S., and at the risk of repeating a hackneyed aphorism, free speech is worthless unless it applies… — Neil Macdonald Copy Share Image
“... free speech isn't absolute. We have the freedoms we fight for and we lose those we don't defend.” — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
There are some of us who can live without wild things, and some who cannot. For us of the minority, the opportunity… — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
“You can't talk about fucking in America, people say you're dirty. But if you talk about killing somebody, that's cool.” — Richard Pryor Copy Share Image
I will continue to speak out against the views of both Limbaugh and Hannity when I feel it's warranted, meeting their free… — Alan Colmes Copy Share Image
Legislation needs a better reason than that lawyers like it, and that America does it. — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
I used to feel like I was a flea on the back of a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Now I feel I might be… — Phil Zimmermann Copy Share Image
From the start, I've always admired Eminem's thinking. That's the reason I wanted to appear on the Grammys with him when I… — Elton John Copy Share Image
Patriotism threatens free speech with death. It is infuriated by thoughtful hesitation, constructive criticism of our leaders and pleas for peace. It… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
Free speech carries with it the evil of all foolish, unpleasant venomous things that are said but, on the whole, we would… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Nobody is capable of of free speech unless he knows how to use language, and such knowledge is not a gift: it… — Northrop Frye Copy Share Image
People who fight may lose. People who do not fight have already lost. — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
It is no solution to define words as violence or prejudice as oppression, and then by cracking down on words or thoughts… — Jonathan Rauch Copy Share Image
“Some Christian lawyers—some eminent and stupid judges—have said and still say, that the Ten Commandments are the foundation of all law. Nothing… — Robert G Ingersoll Copy Share Image
It's impossible to utilize your right to free speech in the way you truly deserve and not suffer repercussions on any level. — David Draiman Copy Share Image
“Without free speech no search for truth is possible... no discovery of truth is useful... Better a thousandfold abuse of free speech… — Charles Bradlaugh Copy Share Image
Use the word 'cybernetics', Norbert, because nobody knows what it means. This will always put you at an advantage in arguments. — Claude Shannon Copy Share Image
University of California students can look forward to the same authoritarian management style Secretary Napolitano brought to the Department of Homeland Security,… — Doug LaMalfa Copy Share Image
Very often in free speech cases you find yourself defending material that you personally detest, because of course it's no trick to… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“I had learned that some people feel that books are "intrusive," in the sense that books put things in their heads that… — Gary Reilly Copy Share Image
I'm all for free speech, and I don't need my viewpoint to be the only viewpoint. — Brett Gelman Copy Share Image
The interest in encouraging freedom of expression in a democratic society outweighs any theoretical but unproven benefit of censorship. — John Paul Stevens Copy Share Image
I should say here, because some in Washington like to dream up ways to control the Internet, that we don't need to… — Peggy Noonan Copy Share Image
