Hugh Hefner was instrumental in my career, you know, by promoting the free-speech movement. People forget that about him. — Ruth Westheimer Copy Share Image
I remain optimistic that ultimately free speech and a free press where individuals have access to the dialogue will have a self-correcting… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
We must never forget that if the war in Vietnam is lost ... the right of free speech will be extinguished throughout… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
Products are a form of speech, and free speech must be fiercely protected, even if we disagree with some of the voices. — Tobias Lutke Copy Share Image
Liberals love to screech about 'free speech,' but it's pretty clear to most of us that they don't really tolerate any speech… — Mike Gallagher Copy Share Image
The Right isn't violent; the Left is. By allowing these sociopaths to shut down free speech with violence, you are all but… — Gavin McInnes Copy Share Image
Few things are as sacred and as fundamental to Oklahomans as the constitutional rights of free speech and the free exercise of… — Scott Pruitt Copy Share Image
We need a constitutional amendment to allow the legislature to control the so-called free speech rights of corporations. — Hank Johnson Copy Share Image
The idea that corporations have the same First Amendment protections of free speech as people is troubling. Corporations are not people. They… — Hank Johnson Copy Share Image
In terms of political contributions, the free speech rights of corporations I dont think deserve the same protections as the free speech… — Chris Coons Copy Share Image
I think, with never-ending gratitude, that the young women of today do not and can never know at what price their right… — Lucy Stone Copy Share Image
Twitter is a form of free speech, and I'm all for that. But if Cee Lo Green, a maverick of sorts, can't… — Cee Lo Green Copy Share Image
“[I]n my own case at least I feel my professional need for freedom of speech and expression prejudices me toward a government… — John Updike Copy Share Image
Our country was born out of a desire to be free. And every day since, it's been protected by our men and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
A lot of people criticized me for speaking out, not long ago, about gay marriage. I could not remain silent any longer.… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
There are certain things you must not say in spite of the fact that supposedly democracy means free speech. No. You are… — Chris Eubank Sr Copy Share Image
I do think if we take the power out of Washington and bring it back to the people, if we defend the… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
“Amazingly, as of tonight, there aren’t many platforms left that allow free speech. The last big one remaining in the world, the… — Tucker Carlson Copy Share Image
I thought that one of the things that we were losing sight of is the basic reasons that we do protect free… — Floyd Abrams Copy Share Image
The greater the importance to safeguarding the community from incitements to the overthrow of our institutions by force and violence, the more… — Charles Evans Hughes Copy Share Image
“They [anarchists and radical environmentalists] point out that the state and its philosophers, having retrospectively sold us a social contract we never… — Mick Smith Copy Share Image
... We have seen dog-tired Members of Congress marching lockstep ahead with their eyes fixed only on the end of the 100… — John Gibbons Copy Share Image
“Freedom of speech as I define it is more than a right granted by government. It's a process that each of us… — T.J. Kirk Copy Share Image
It is almost impossible for anyone outside this damn beltway to really understand how the Congress works. If you aren't here, walking… — Brock N. Meeks Copy Share Image
Free speech is meant to protect unpopular speech. Popular speech, by definition, needs no protection. — Neal Boortz Copy Share Image
If pornographers are among the early adopters of the new technology, then it has definite commercial possibilities. — Tim Jackson 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
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
“You have the right to free speech. We, the corporate controlled government, have the right to ignore you and we choose to… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
I am broadly concerned about the slow death of free speech, but particularly in universities and also with regards to the climate… — Judith Curry 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
Jesus is not from Georgia. Jesus does not speak English. And Jesus is not a member of the NRA. — Robert Wright Copy Share Image
If we don't believe in free expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Today it is becoming harder to speak out, with the inception of the Patriot Act, the president has legislated free speech to… — Frank Serpico Copy Share Image
Legislation needs a better reason than that lawyers like it, and that America does it. — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
I doubt that Congress would pass on the opportunity to make sure that our children were safe from terrorists. — Louis J. Freeh Copy Share Image
One man's blasphemy doesn't override other people's free-speech rights, their freedom to publish, freedom of thought. — Dan Savage Copy Share Image
Homo-sexuals should not be censored, but neither should those who oppose their point of view. That's called free speech. — Cal Thomas Copy Share Image
There is no free speech in football. Information is parsed by monosyllabic head coaches, who dictate who gets to speak to whom… — Jane Leavy Copy Share Image
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
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