Cases Quote by Barney Frank

One of the problems with defending free speech is you often have to defend people that you find to be outrageous and unpleasant and…

— Salman Rushdie

Advocates of 'free speech' often repeat the mantra that the best response to bad speech is more and better speech, not the suppression of…

— Jackson Katz

The intelligent defense of free speech should not rest on the notion that we must tolerate every form of speech, no matter how offensive.…

— Bret Stephens

There are so many exceptions to free speech: child pornography, cross burning, libel, fighting words.

— Cliff Stearns

Very often in free speech cases you find yourself defending material that you personally detest, because of course it's no trick to defend the…

— Salman Rushdie

Free speech carries with it the evil of all foolish, unpleasant venomous things that are said but, on the whole, we would rather lump…

— Winston Churchill

I have no problem with free speech, but free speech and then silencing your opposition - boy, I have a problem with that.

— Tomi Lahren

The remedy for the abuse of free speech is more speech.

— Mike Godwin

If someone offends you by speech, you must learn to defend yourself by speech.

— Camille Paglia

I think free speech is probably the coolest thing we have in this country, and again, you can label it hate speech and dismiss…

— Dana Carvey

Better a thousandfold abuse of free speech than denial of free speech.

— Charles Bradlaugh

Unfortunately, the problem of the free speech argument is that you have to defend people you can't stand.

— Salman Rushdie