Freedom of speech Quote by George Orwell

“Unpopular ideas can be silenced, and inconvenient facts kept dark, without the need for any official ban. Anyone who has lived long in a…

— George Orwell

“As in any country, there is usually only a handful of power-hungry people with brash, unpopular ideas.”

— Laura Enridge

The only possible effect one can have on the world is through unpopular ideas.

— Vivienne Westwood

“The sinister fact about literary censorship in England is that it is largely voluntary. Unpopular ideas can be silenced, and inconvenient facts kept dark,…

— George Orwell

In this country, intellectual cowardice is the worst enemy a writer or journalist has to face ... Unpopular ideas can be silenced, and incovenient…

— George Orwell

Anyone who challenges the prevailing orthodoxy finds himself silenced with surprising effectiveness. A genuinely unfashionable opinion is almost never given a fair hearing.

— George Orwell

At any given moment there is an orthodoxy, a body of ideas of which it is assumed that all right-thinking people will accept without…

— George Orwell

The whole basis of my work is analysing what I do and building some sort of intellectual framework. The only possible effect one can…

— Vivienne Westwood

“At any given moment there is an orthodoxy, a body of ideas which it is assumed that all right-thinking people will accept without question.…

— Peter Lucas

“At any given moment, there is an orthodoxy, a body of ideas, which it is assumed that all right-thinking people will accept without question.…

— Anonymous

The goal of intellectual life should be to see and understand what is true, not merely to adhere to a prevailing orthodoxy.

— Jeffrey Tucker

In so far as it takes effect at all, pacifist propaganda can only be effective against those countries where a certain amount of freedom…

— George Orwell