Constitution Quote by William O. Douglas

Silence is consent. And silence where life and liberty is at stake, where by a timely protest we could stay the destoyer's hand, and…

— Ernestine Rose

Freedom of speech gives you the right to stay silent.

— Neil Gaiman

“The right to suppress everyone that bothers us should rank first in the constitution of the ideal State.”

— Emil M. Cioran

The right to free speech is critical to our democracy.

— Amy Klobuchar

We cannot sanction the view that the Constitution, while solicitous of the cognitive content of individual speech, has little or no regard for that…

— John Marshall Harlan II

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

— Che Guevara

And that the said Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the rights of conscience;…

— Samuel Adams

Silence is an argument in favor of the status quo. A refusal to address an inequity is a strategy for maintaining that inequity.

— PZ Myers

The right to discuss freely and openly, by speech, by the pen, by the press, all political questions, and to examine the animadvert upon…

— William C. Bryant

Our Constitution is a mighty document, but the rights it secures require constant vigilance - and the unwavering voices of justices who dissent against…

— Jonathan Capehart

There are many justifications of silence; there can be none of insincerity.

— George Henry Lewes

Silence is hereby outlawed. Silence breeds independent thought, which in turn breeds dissent.

— Frank Beddor