Freedom Of Speech Quotes - Page 2

For the average American, freedom of speech is simply the freedom to repeat what everyone else is saying and no more.

You cannot take away freedom to protect it, you cannot destroy the free market to save it, and you cannot uphold freedom of speech by silencing those with whom you disagree. To take rights away to defend them or to spend your way out of debt defies common sense.

The freedom of the press works in such a way that there is not much freedom from it.

The freedom of speech and the freedom of the press have not been granted to the people in order that they may say things which please, and which are based upon accepted thought, but the right to say the things which displease, the right to say the things which convey the new and yet unexpected thoughts, the right to say things, even though they do a wrong.

Freedom of speech is always under attack by Fascist mentality, which exists in all parts of the world, unfortunately.

We don't have the freedom of speech to talk about the weather. We have the first amendment so we can say some very controversial things.

America's greatest contribution to the world is its concept of democracy, its concept of freedom, freedom of action, freedom of speech, and freedom of thought.

Gorbachev gave us freedom of worship and freedom of speech and freedom to see what was going on and freedom to vote, but that freedom won't last unless it is underpinned by economic freedom.

Freedom of speech is the great bulwark of liberty; they prosper and die together: And it is the terror of traitors and oppressors, and a barrier against them. It produces excellent writers, and encourages men of fine genius.

To announce that there must be no criticism of the president... is morally treasonable to the American public.

Censorship reflects a society's lack of confidence in itself. It is a hallmark of an authoritarian regime.

We have our difficulties, true; but we are a wiser and a tougher nation than we were in 1932. Never have there been six years of such far flung internal preparedness in all of history. And this has been done without any dictator's power to command, without conscription of labor or confiscation of capital, without concentration camps and without a scratch on freedom of speech, freedom of the press or the rest of the Bill of Rights.

The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.

Wherever despotism abounds, the sources of public information are the first to be brought under its control. Where ever the cause of liberty is making its way, one of its highest accomplishments is the guarantee of the freedom of the press.

The freedom of speech of private individuals includes the right to not agree, not to listen, and not to finance one's own antagonists.

To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.

Freedom of speech is a great thing and we have said nothing that is not allowed.

Freedom of speech and of the press are essential to the enlightenment of a free people and in restraining those who wield power.

There is price you pay when you want freedom of speech. You must be willing to accept the good the bad and the ugly when trying something out of the box.

So that's the dissenter's hope: that they are writing not for today but for tomorrow.

One cannot have a trade union or a democratic election without freedom of speech, freedom of association and assembly. Without a democratic election, whereby people choose and remove their rulers, there is no method of securing human rights against the state. No democracy without human rights, no human rights without democracy, and no trade union rights without either. That is our belief; that is our creed.

The law is agnostic about truth. It's very skeptical of ultimate truth. That's why freedom of speech permits lies to be told.

Freedom of Speech is Freedom of Music.

The primacy of the word, basis of the human psyche, that has in our age been used for mind-bending persuasion and brain-washing pulp, disgraced by Gobbles and debased by advertising copy, remains a force for freedom that flies out between all bars.

The Constitution, in addition to delegating certain enumerated powers to Congress, places whole areas outside the reach of Congress' regulatory authority. The First Amendment, for example, is fittingly celebrated for preventing Congress from "prohibiting the free exercise" of religion or "abridging the freedom of speech." The Second Amendment similarly appears to contain an express limitation on the government's authority.