"Without Freedom of thought there can be no……" — Benjamin Franklin

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• That said, the question remains: how to strike the balance between free speech and mutual respect in this mixed-up world,… — Timothy Garton Ash
• When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever… — John Adams
• The Framers of the Constitution knew that free speech is the friend of change and revolution. But they also knew… — Hugo Black
• Free speech is meant to protect unpopular speech. Popular speech, by definition, needs no protection. — Neal Boortz
• Without free speech no search for truth is possible... no discovery of truth is useful. — Charles Bradlaugh
• Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It… — Louis D. Brandeis
• I don't know, people take chances on stage. It's a big free speech zone, a comedy show. So sometimes things… — Drew Carey
• Start doing the things you think should be done, and start being what you think society should become. Do you… — Adam Michnik
• In America-as elsewhere-free speech is confined to the dead. — Mark Twain
• The truth is libraries are raucous clubhouses for free speech, controversy and community. — Paula Poundstone
• Every time I criticize what I consider to be excesses or faults in the news business, I am accused of… — Spiro T. Agnew
• The function of free speech under our system of government is to invite dispute. It may indeed best serve its… — William O. Douglas

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