A liberal was somebody who expected and hoped that government would help the poor - you know, that whole routine. I did… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
The US constitution's First Amendment rights only cover Americans, but I believe that in a democracy the competition of ideas and free… — Joichi Ito Copy Share Image
Somehow, defending my liberal values of free speech, liberty, and rights of the individual has become a conservative position. — Dave Rubin Copy Share Image
I believe that sensitivity to issues of race and ethnicity is important, and nuanced, even more so when it intersects with the… — Gene Weingarten Copy Share Image
All censorships exist to prevent anyone from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions. All progress is initiated by challenging current conceptions, and… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
In 1991, the latest year figures are available, most Americans, across all age groups, disapproved when asked the question: 'Everything considered, would… — Brock N. Meeks Copy Share Image
Our fear of technology is really a fear of empowerment. We now have the ability to design the reality we live in,… — Douglas Rushkoff Copy Share Image
“The last stage of a Muslim takeover is the most chilling,” he concluded. “It ends with the establishment of a totalitarian Islamic… — Steve Gannon Copy Share Image
Satire must always accompany any free society. It is an absolute necessity. Even in the most repressive medieval kingdoms, they understood the… — Joe Randazzo Copy Share Image
People think I watch TV too much, but they are wrong. There is a huge difference between merely "watching" TV and learning… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, the problem of the free speech argument is that you have to defend people you can't stand. — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
The common notion that free speech prevails in the United States always makes me laugh. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
The Internet is a perfect diversion from learning... it opens many doors that lead to empty rooms. — Clifford Stoll Copy Share Image
The Department of Justice should resolutely bar monopolizing mergers in all markets, including telecommunications, but they are not in a position, as… — Reed Hundt Copy Share Image
Punk to me was a form of free speech. It was a moment when suddenly all kinds of strange voices that no… — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
The nation relies upon public discussion as one of the indispensable means to attain correct solutions to problems of social welfare. Curtailment… — Stanley Forman Reed Copy Share Image
People can do bad things with free speech as well as good. You have to defend the Ku Klux Klan as well… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
I was interested in the ideas - freedom, free speech and having control of my own life. That's why I became a… — Liz Truss Copy Share Image
After [Bill Shawn] was fired, I was going to the YMHA [Young Men's Hebrew Association] on the Upper East Side to do… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
Protecting free speech is literally inclusion. Not protecting free speech rights is literally exclusion of certain viewpoints. — Mary Katharine Ham Copy Share Image
Words are meaningless; sugarcoat nothing. Save your words; make them count. Let your words be as a hammer of truth, such that… — Josh Q Copy Share Image
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