American people Quote by Kenneth Eade

“You have the right to free speech. We, the corporate controlled government, have the right to ignore you and we choose to exercise this…

— Steven Magee

“a radical departure from what has been settled First Amendment law.” In a lengthy dissent, he argued that the Constitution’s framers had enshrined the…

— Jane Mayer

“I had my first amendment rights removed by a USA judge for a video that I recorded in the public sidewalk. The right to…

— Steven Magee

“This can't be constitutional," he said. "This is America, damn it. We still have freedom of speech here.”

— Bentley Little

“When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free. Freedom ”

— Charles Evans Hughes

“It struck me that there is a reason James Madison put freedom of speech and freedom of the press in the very first amendment.…

— Jonathan Karl

“Unfortunately, everyone has the right to an opinion that infringes on the freedoms of others. At least at this point though, they don't have…

— Kristy Cooper

“If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”

— George Washington

Freedom of speech is central to most every other right that we hold dear in the United States and serves to strengthen the democracy…

— Sam Farr

“Dissent has been crushed, and freedom is a memory, all in the name of peace and order.”

— Paul S. Kemp

“... free speech isn't absolute. We have the freedoms we fight for and we lose those we don't defend.”

— Salman Rushdie

“Any nation allowing its people the right of freedom of speech is powerless to defend itself against enemies masquerading as patriotic; and seeking to…

— Kurt Vonnegut