Civilized society Quote by Sharyl Attkisson

Hate crime and hate speech must not be tolerated. Our policy and lawmakers and those who uphold the law must protect the most vulnerable…

— Sinead Burke

In liberal society we claim that freedom of speech is sacred and therefore has an absolute character. But we know (or should know) that…

— Talal Asad

The relative freedom which we enjoy depends of public opinion. The law is no protection. Governments make laws, but whether they are carried out,…

— George Orwell

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

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

The First Amendment defends all forms of speech including hate speech, which is why groups like Ku Klux Klan are allowed to utter their…

— 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

The relevant part of the First Amendment here prohibits the making of any law, quote, "abridging the freedom of speech." And it's pretty well-established…

— Laura Sydell

We really don't have free speech protections. I mean, if it exists, there are rules about it. If it exists, it is regulated in…

— Milo Yiannopoulos

“If large numbers of people believe in freedom of speech, there will be freedom of speech, even if the law forbids it. But if…

— George Orwell

Freedom of speech doesn't protect speech you like; it protects speech you don't like.

— Larry Flynt

Freedom of speech includes the freedom to offend people.

— Brad Thor