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214 Free Speech quotes by 169 unique authors

For I conclude that the enemy is not lipstick, but guilt itself; that we deserve lipstick, if we want it, AND free speech; we deserve… — Naomi Wolf
Will his work survive? Alas, I worry that it will not. As an American liberal with impeccable credentials, I would like to say that political… — Pat Conroy
He also said that if anyone did anything to mess up the rest of the testing, he was going to call 911 personally. Yeah, like… — Jordan Sonnenblick
Ares always reemerges from the chaos. It will never go away. Athenian civilization defends itself from the forces of Ares with metis, or technology. Technology… — Neal Stephenson
Nobody is capable of of free speech unless he knows how to use language, and such knowledge is not a gift: it has to learned… — Northrop Frye
Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't chew it. — Mark Twain
A desire for privacy does not imply shameful secrets; Moglen argues, again and again, that without anonymity in discourse, free speech is impossible, and hence… — Nick Harkaway
Beyond all the other reasons not to do it, free speech assaults always backfire: they transform bigots into martyrs. — Glenn Greenwald
It's funny that we think of libraries as quiet demure places where we are shushed by dusty, bun-balancing, bespectacled women. The truth is libraries are… — Paula Poundstone
Goebbels was in favor of free speech for views he liked. So was Stalin. If you’re really in favor of free speech, then you’re in… — Noam Chomsky
Without free speech no search for truth is possible; without free speech progress is checked and the nations no longer march forward toward the nobler… — Charles Bradlaugh
Patriotism threatens free speech with death. It is infuriated by thoughtful hesitation, constructive criticism of our leaders and pleas for peace. It despises people of… — Barbara Kingsolver
Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could most easily defeat… — William O. Douglas
I think, with never-ending gratitude, that the young women of today do not and can never know at what price their right to free speech… — Lucy Stone
Free speech is against governments, not against the NBA. So the players and coaches and indeed owners have been fined for their speech, which is… — David Stern
Free speech has a very small constituency on the modern campus, particularly if the speaker under attack is conservative. — John Leo
As a free-speech advocate, I believe that adults should have access to any material they want. As a parent, and a community member, I think… — Naomi Wolf
Free speech rights means that government officials are barred from creating lists of approved and disapproved political ideas and then using the power of the… — Glenn Greenwald
Net neutrality was essential for our economy; it was essential to preserve freedom and openness, both for economic reasons and free speech reasons, and the… — Julius Genachowski
University of California students can look forward to the same authoritarian management style Secretary Napolitano brought to the Department of Homeland Security, hardly a bastion… — Unknown Author
There is no free speech in football. Information is parsed by monosyllabic head coaches, who dictate who gets to speak to whom and when. — Jane Leavy
Free speech has been used by the Supreme Court to give immense power to the wealthiest members of our society. — Noam Chomsky
We need to understand that an open society and free speech and press... really are the best weapons against al Qaeda and extremism. — Elliott Abrams
The United States government approaches patient choice in medication as Singapore does free speech: its pronouncements sound reasonable and tolerant until you threaten its prerogatives. — Virginia Postrel
Obama will win the 2012 election, thanks in part to the tech community rallying behind him due to issues like SOPA, visas, and free speech. — John Battelle

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