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Free Speech Quotes

What is the point of having free speech if you have nothing to say?

"How Free Is Freedom?". John Hagee, Cornerstone Church official website, July 2, 2006.

We have to uphold a free press and freedom of speech - because, in the end, lies and misinformation are no match for the truth.

President Barack Obama's remarks to the People of Estonia at the Nordea Concert Hall in Tallinn, Estonia, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. September 3, 2014.

Aesthetic freedom is like free speech; it is, indeed, a form of free speech.

George Edward Woodberry (1914). “Two Phases of Criticism, Historical and Aesthetic: Lectures Delivered on the Larwill Foundation of Kenyon College, May Seventh and Eighth, 1913”

Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily.

"Quotations for Our Time" edited by Laurence J. Peter, 1977.

Free speech is life itself.

"Excerpts From Rushdie's Address: 1,000 Days 'Trapped Inside a Metaphor'". www.nytimes.com. December 12, 1991.

The remedy for the abuse of free speech is more speech.

"Cyber Rights". Book by Mike Godwin, 1998.

There is no such thing as part freedom.

Nelson Mandela (1998). “In the Words of Nelson Mandela”, Birch Lane Press

Free speech is the bedrock of liberty and a free society. And yes, it includes the right to blaspheme and offend.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali (2011). “Nomad: From Islam to America: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations”, p.215, Simon and Schuster

Speech doesn't corrupt. Money corrupts, and money isn't speech.

"Feingold slams Dem super PACs" by James Hohmann, www.politico.com. June 17, 2011.

The more you've got, the shorter it feels.

"John Perry Barlow – Cyber Cowboy (The Civilization of Cyberspace #1)". Interview with John Gerstner, www.johngerstner.com. May 11, 2017.

Where there is a great deal of free speech there is always a certain amount of foolish speech.

Winston Churchill (2001). “The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill”, Michael O'Mara Books