Art Quote by Norman Dorsen

Free speech is what we all have and is guaranteed by the First Amendment of the US Constitution. Academic freedom refers to what happens…

— Joan Wallach Scott

The most important aspect of freedom of speech is freedom to learn. All education is a continuous dialogue - questions and answers that pursue…

— William O. Douglas

“Free speech is the guardian of individual autonomy, a shield that allows each person to shape their own beliefs and values independent of external…

— James William Steven Parker

Free speech is important whether you like what's being said or not. The reason why it's so important is that the entire spectrum of…

— Shepard Fairey

Freedom of speech is about expressing your opinion, however bad or good, however right or wrong, and being able to defend it and argue…

— Joan Wallach Scott

As a matter of constitutional tradition, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, we presume that governmental regulation of the content of speech…

— John Paul Stevens

Speech is protected in the U.S., and at the risk of repeating a hackneyed aphorism, free speech is worthless unless it applies to offensive…

— Neil Macdonald

The political function of 'the right of free speech' is to protect dissenters and unpopular minorities from forcible suppression - not to guarantee them…

— Ayn Rand

“Free speech is the antidote to tyranny, a powerful force that dismantles the walls of oppression and allows the sunlight of scrutiny to pierce…

— James William Steven Parker

“Freedom of speech is not simply a freedom to think and say what you wish, but to speak for yourself, to speak from the…

— Ian McCallum

“If we conceive of free speech as promoting the search for truth—as the metaphor of “the marketplace of ideas” suggests—we should be troubled whether…

— Thomas Healy

The justification and the purpose of freedom of speech is not to indulge those who want to speak their minds. It is to prevent…

— Henry Steele Commager