Communication Quote by Muriel Rukeyser

“In our time, they say there is no penalty for writing poems. They say this. This is the penalty.”

— Muriel Rukeyser

Language becomes a prison house only poets can escape...if we do not reject any strict distinctions between ordinary usage and figures of speech.

— Arthur Quinn

But poets were not considered dangerous and they were advised to exercise self-censorship. At most, poets were requested not to write at all. I…

— Eugenio Montale

“Freedom of speech means setting words free. Imprisoned and freed words are consequential. All words have consequences. Restrain and release words with respect for…

— John R. Dallas Jr

There are so many exceptions to free speech: child pornography, cross burning, libel, fighting words.

— Cliff Stearns

“There are certain original and distinguished authors in whom the least ‘freedom of speech’ is thought revolting because they have not begun by flattering…

— Marcel Proust

I once wrote about Don Imus that 'speech is free, but consequences are not.' I never want to be the exception to that rule,…

— Jemele Hill

Poetry is a break for freedom.

— David Whyte

The principle of free speech is no new doctrine born of the Constitution of the United States. It is a heritage of English-speaking peoples,…

— Anonymous

I do think most poets are in denial about what the real taboos in writing are--the real boundaries.

— Katy Lederer

It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech.

— Zell Miller

“The distinction between poets and prose writers is a vulgar error.”

— Percy Bysshe Shelley