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214 Free Speech quotes by 169 unique authors

Listing rights generally involves enumerating things you may do without interference (the right to free speech) or may not be done to you without your… — Cliff Asness
I will gladly go to jail in the name of free speech. I have no problem with what I said. Make me a martyr... — Joey Barton
The theory of free speech, that truth is so much larger and stranger and more many-sided than we know of, that it is very much… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Fashion is free speech, and one of the privileges, if not always one of the pleasures, of a free world — Alison Lurie
Any kind of restrictions put on free speech would have worse consequences than bullying. — Lady Starlight
There is a fine line between free speech and hate speech. Free speech encourages debate whereas hate speech incites violence. — Newton Lee
We shouldn't have free speech. — Robin Quivers
My hope is that the Chinese government will come to realise that it is futile to repress free speech, and that contrary to what they… — Ma Jian
The first amendment protects free speech, but if you don't have freedom of thought, do you really have freedom of speech? — Rob Kampia
It is amazing how many people act as if the right to free speech includes the right to be free of criticism for what you… — Thomas Sowell
Free Speech in the College Community is a very timely book written by a dedicated scholar of the First Amendment. Challenging and readable it should… — Nancy Kassebaum
Judged by every standard which history has applied to Governments, the Soviet Government of Russia is one of the worst tyrannies that has ever existed… — Winston Churchill
Nor was it only from the millions of slaves that chains had been removed; the whole nation had been in bondage; free speech had been… — Matthew Simpson
The goal is to give people a free encyclopedia to every person in the world, in their own language. Not just in a 'free beer'… — Jimmy Wales
I prefer a little free speech to no free speech at all; but how many have free speech or the chance or the mind for… — James Agee
Free speech isn't dead in Germany and Italy, merely the speakers... — Bob Hope
Free markets are a tool, free speech is a goal. — Tim Bray
Manchester is a city which has witnessed a great many stirring episodes, especially of a political character. Generally speaking, its citizens have been liberal in… — Emmeline Pankhurst
I am a technological activist. I have a political agenda. I am in favor of basic human rights: to free speech, to use any information… — Bram Cohen
Worrying that banning flag desecration would inhibit free speech reveals a misunderstanding of the flag's fundamental nature. — Adrian Cronauer
Twitter is a form of free speech, and I'm all for that. But if Cee Lo Green, a maverick of sorts, can't get on Twitter… — Cee Lo Green
You see these dictators up on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police. They're afraid of words… — Winston Churchill
The US constitution's First Amendment rights only cover Americans, but I believe that in a democracy the competition of ideas and free speech should combat… — Joichi Ito
We stand for free speech. This means we are not going to ban distasteful subreddits. We will not ban legal content even if we find… — Yishan Wong
The most stringent protection of free speech would not protect a man in falsely shouting fire in a theater and causing a panic. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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