Antonin Scalia knows that freedom of speech has consequences. And the consequences of freedom of speech are speech you don't like, that… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I forget, is freedom of speech when it's legal to say what you want or is it when it has no consequences… — Eugene Mirman Copy Share Image
The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
A nice, easy place for freedom of speech to be eroded is comics, because comics are a natural target whenever an election… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Effective self-government cannot succeed unless the people are immersed in a steady, robust, unimpeded, and uncensored flow of opinion and reporting which… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
“If we do not believe in freedom of speech for those we despise we do not believe in it at all.” — Norm Chomsky Copy Share Image
[Alan Berg's] memory haunts many people, even those who never heard him on the radio, because his death could be read as… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
“Freedom of speech is not simply a freedom to think and say what you wish, but to speak for yourself, to speak… — Ian McCallum Copy Share Image
“There are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power… — James Madison Copy Share Image
We won't tolerate abuses and crimes made every day in the name of freedom of speech. That is freedom of extortion and… — Rafael Correa Copy Share Image
After reading hundreds of e-mails, I have made MY decision. By pulling my opening Oct 3rd, You (ESPN) stepped on the Toes… — Hank Williams, Jr Copy Share Image
It's not about contraception. It's about economic liberty, it's about freedom of speech, it's about freedom of religion, it's about government control… — Rick Santorum Copy Share Image
The people, the ultimate governors, must have absolute freedom of, and therefore privacy of, their individual opinions and beliefs regardless of how… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
I grew up under Communism so we could only learn Russian, and then when Communism fell in 1989 we could learn a… — Petra Nemcova Copy Share Image
I'm for the freedom of expression, given that it will be under strict control. — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
A state that suppresses all freedom of speech, and which by imposing the most terrible punishments, treats each and every attempt at… — Kurt Huber Copy Share Image
“If you defend free speech for bigots but not to combat bigotry, then you believe in bigotry, not free speech.” — DaShanne Stokes Copy Share Image
Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom; and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“Indeed, an astoundingly small proportion of arguments ‘for free speech’ and ‘against censorship’ or ‘banning’ are, in fact, about free speech, censorship… — China Miéville Copy Share Image
Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
“Until every soul is freely permitted to investigate every book, and creed, and dogma for itself, the world cannot be free. Mankind… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
We, as artists, we have the right to express ourselves. That is our first amendment, freedom of speech. But I also believe… — Ja Rule Copy Share Image
There are tensions abroad where people don't understand our attachment to the freedom of speech, we've seen the protests, and I would… — Francois Hollande Copy Share Image