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A communist is like a crocodile: when it opens its mouth you cannot tell whether it is trying to smile or preparing to eat you… — Winston Churchill
Old or young, healthy as a horse or a person with a disability that hasn't kept you down, man or woman, Native American, native born,… — William J. Clinton
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
Of the liberty of conscience in matters of religious faith, of speech and of the press; of the trial by jury of the vicinage in… — James Monroe
The ability to express an idea is well nigh as important as the idea itself. — Bernard Baruch
Culture is the name for what people are interested in, their thoughts, their models, the books they read and the speeches they hear, their table-talk,… — Walter Lippmann
Laughter is, after speech, the chief thing that holds society together. — Max Eastman
About the greatest virtue a friend can have, is to be able to hold her tongue; and through this, like all virtues carried to extremity,… — Dinah Maria Murlock Craik
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
You are angry with your neighbor, you despise him, do not like to speak peaceably and lovingly to him, because there is something harsh, abrupt,… — John of Kronstadt
Of course you will insist on modesty in the children, and respect to their teachers, but if the boy stops you in your speech, cries… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
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
There are three opportunities that you have during a general election campaign where you can substantially move the needle of public opinion. One, is your… — Mark McKinnon
Free speech has a very small constituency on the modern campus, particularly if the speaker under attack is conservative. — John Leo
I can imagine Iceland becoming a good place to run a controversial Web site. But... Iceland may find itself forced to defend controversial speech. — Ethan Zuckerman
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
Texting is fingered speech. Now we can write the way we talk. — John McWhorter
I think that, as is the case offline, we should not be tolerant of hate speech, racist comments, or groups that promote hatred or intolerance… — Queen Rania of Jordan
That is our first amendment, freedom of speech. But I also believe that we have an obligation to the youth to be somewhat responsible in… — Ja Rule
I fight, and have fought, for political freedom, for justice and for fairness and freedom of speech. — Teresa Heinz

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