We have a beautiful right in this country, which is freedom of speech. — Madeline Brewer Copy Share Image
It is easy to believe in freedom of speech for those with whom we agree. — Leo McKern Copy Share Image
The law is agnostic about truth. It's very skeptical of ultimate truth. That's why freedom of speech permits lies to be told. — Alan Dershowitz 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
We are living in an open world. There is a freedom of speech and, clearly, freedom of speculation. — Ehud Barak Copy Share Image
People demand freedom of speech to make up for the freedom of thought which they avoid. — Kierkegaard Research Centre Copy Share Image
You can't believe how pro-gay and pro-freedom-of-speech I am. I'm way out beyond anyone on the Left. — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
Freedom of speech and of the press are essential to the enlightenment of a free people and in restraining those who wield… — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
Abuses of the freedom of speech ought to be repressed, but to whom are we to commit the power of doing it? — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
We don't have the freedom of speech to talk about the weather. We have the first amendment so we can say some… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
I say let's go back to a truer use of the word 'freedom.' Let's start with President Franklin Roosevelt's Four Freedoms: freedom… — Richard Trumka Copy Share Image
The Jesuits were good educators, exceptional teachers. In an era and in a society where freedom of speech was not held in… — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
Freedom of speech does not mean disgusting and disrespecting someone or someones faith. Freedom of speech means speaking against the wrong and… — HQLinesme Copy Share Image
That is our first amendment, freedom of speech. But I also believe that we have an obligation to the youth to be… — Ja Rule Copy Share Image
“the language of free speech is used to protect hate speech, itself an attempt to deprive others of their freedom of speech,… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
I think that, as Americans, we should never forget that when we tamper with freedom of speech, it is a very sensitive… — Charles B. Rangel Copy Share Image
The justification and the purpose of freedom of speech is not to indulge those who want to speak their minds. It is… — Henry Steele Commager 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
It's a free country, man. Freedom of speech is the first amendment. But when you are talking business and being a role… — Mike Perry Copy Share Image
I think it's very important for everyone in America to realize right now the state of our country, not just on this… — Mary Steenburgen Copy Share Image
After the Tiananmen Massacre, I felt compelled not only to continue writing but to actively resist the restrictions placed on freedom of… — Ma Jian Copy Share Image
From the standpoint of freedom of speech and the press, it is enough to point out that the state has no legitimate… — Tom C. Clark Copy Share Image
Well, human rights defenders, freedom of speech advocates, lawyers that we spoke to said this is really an expansion. After the military… — Leila Fadel Copy Share Image
Those who created this country chose freedom. With all of its dangers. And do you know the riskiest part of that choice… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
We forget that, although freedom of speech constitutes an important victory in the battle against old restraints, modern man is in a… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
“A persistent preoccupation with "freedom of speech" to the neglect of other freedoms can diminish the shelter available for religion and other… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
“Now she understood a few things: that the American academy, which one might have thought the place to defend freedom of speech,… — Padgett Powell Copy Share Image
“The more a government strives to curtail freedom of speech, the more obstinately is it resisted; not indeed by the avaricious,... but… — Will Durant Copy Share Image
“We need to reject evil and embrace our faith-whatever it may be. We need to remind ourselves about how things used to… — Cass Swenson Copy Share Image
“was Goldman’s ideas that were dangerous: her ideal of a just and beautiful society inspired struggles for social change, and her uncompromising… — Kathy E. Ferguson Copy Share Image
“There might, Gentlemen, be an impropriety in my taking notice, in this Address to you, of an anonymous production, but the manner… — George Washington Copy Share Image
