We are human beings, and this is the part of our human nature, that we don't learn the importance of anything until… — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
The political function of 'the right of free speech' is to protect dissenters and unpopular minorities from forcible suppression - not to… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The foundation of our democracy is the ability to have a debate about any subject. That is why I am so committed… — Andrew Scheer Copy Share Image
Imageboards are the most important medium for free speech on the Internet. — Fredrick Brennan Copy Share Image
By the end of the 20th Century there will be a generation to whom it will not be injurious to read a… — Max Nordau Copy Share Image
I'm not on Twitter for abuse. I don't think anyone's gotten on Twitter so that they can be abused, but people do… — Anika Noni Rose Copy Share Image
“It’s not unpatriotic to denounce an injustice committed on our behalf, perhaps it’s the most patriotic thing we can do.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Free speech and freedom of the press are under attack in the U.K. I cannot return to England, my country, because of… — Sarah Harrison Copy Share Image
We have to uphold a free press and freedom of speech - because, in the end, lies and misinformation are no match… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Wherever the Net arises, there arises also a rebel to resist human control...A network nurtures small failures in order that large failures… — Kevin Kelly Copy Share Image
“From time to time our national history has been marred by forgetfulness of the Jeffersonian principle that restraint is at the heart… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
If America's tv and movie producers are unwilling to clean up their act... when it comes to sex, bloodshed and violence in… — Janet Reno Copy Share Image
In a Time/CNN poll of 1,000 Americans conducted last week by Yankelovich Partners, two-thirds said it was more important to protect the… — Philip Elmer-DeWitt Copy Share Image
All speech should be presumed to be protected by the Constitution, and a heavy burden should be placed on those who would… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
Free expression is the base of human rights, the root of human nature and the mother of truth. To kill free speech… — Liu Xiaobo Copy Share Image
Listing rights generally involves enumerating things you may do without interference (the right to free speech) or may not be done to… — Cliff Asness Copy Share Image
We say that if America has entered the war to make the world safe for democracy, she must first make democracy safe… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
Without free speech no search for truth is possible; without free speech progress is checked and the nations no longer march forward… — Charles Bradlaugh Copy Share Image
The alt-right is working hard to cloak its desire to create chaos in the streets as free speech. They say they want… — W. Kamau Bell Copy Share Image
Liberal moms like soccer because it's a sport in which athletic talent finds so little expression that girls can play with boys.… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech. — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
Democracy relies on free speech. Yes, say anything you want, but it relies even more on the speech being truthful. It is… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
“At the heart of every flourishing democracy is the unyielding commitment to free speech. It is the beacon that illuminates the path… — James William Steven Parker Copy Share Image
Sometimes it's just easier to tell a stranger than to tell the people you are close to. The freedom of speech is… — Nicole Hill Copy Share Image
