America freedom Quote by Noam Chomsky

If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.

— Noam Chomsky

“If we do not believe in freedom of speech for those we despise we do not believe in it at all.”

— Norm Chomsky

Free expression is the base of human rights, the root of human nature and the mother of truth. To kill free speech is to…

— Liu Xiaobo

How odd that the proponents of free expression think 'free' only applies to them.

— Greg Gutfeld

I don't think people know what freedom of expression really means.

— Kirti Kulhari

“Part of living in a free society is accepting that no idea is beyond being challenged or ridiculed, and that nothing is more stifling…

— Jamie Bartlett

You know, everybody believes in free speech until you start questioning them about it.

— Larry Flynt

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.

— Salman Rushdie

I believe in absolute freedom of expression. Everyone has a right to offend and be offended.

— Taslima Nasrin

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist. Without the freedom to challenge, even to satirize all orthodoxies,…

— Salman Rushdie

Free speech is meaningless unless it tolerates the speech that we hate.

— Henry Hyde

“Free speech is a sign of a strong first-person plural, which enables people who disagree over fundamental things to live together in a condition…

— Roger Scruton