Communication Quote by Salman Rushdie

Unfortunately, the problem of the free speech argument is that you have to defend people you can't stand.

— Salman Rushdie

Very often in free speech cases you find yourself defending material that you personally detest, because of course it's no trick to defend the…

— Salman Rushdie

It's always easy to get people to condemn threats to free speech when the speech being threatened is speech that they like. It's much…

— Glenn Greenwald

I'm defending free speech pretty much all over the place because you still have freedom of speech.

— Larry the Cable Guy

But I - and I just think it's very - one of the problems of defending the extraordinary principle of freedom of speech is…

— Salman Rushdie

Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word; and not just comforting platitudes too mundane to need protection.

— Colin Powell

Take free speech: most of the tough cases on free speech involve very unpleasant people saying very obnoxious things.

— Barney Frank

I'm a strong believer in free speech to the degree that I support everybody's right to speak, including those whose views I find disgusting.

— Moshe Kasher

It is amazing how many people act as if the right to free speech includes the right to be free of criticism for what…

— Thomas Sowell

I have no problem with free speech, but free speech and then silencing your opposition - boy, I have a problem with that.

— Tomi Lahren

You can't come up and attack someone because of free speech.

— Colby Covington

Free speech is not just free speech for people you admire. It's also for people who you think of as reprehensible.

— Salman Rushdie