Freedom Of Speech Quotes

Without freedom of speech, I might be in the swamp

I no longer believe in freedom of speech.

I think freedom of speech is important, but coupled with responsibility.

There will be no more protests. No more dissension. No more violence. There will be only one voice. The voice of Ravinia. The voice of Halla. Your voice." "There goes freedom of speech," I said.

With typical arrogance, the Anglos claimed to cherish freedom of speech but failed to recognize this right for anyone but themselves. Where did the Constitution say anything about English?

I definitely didn't fit in perfectly to the school system. I was raised with such freedom of speech and thinking.

I think if we ban certain religions, if we censor the Internet, I think that at that point the terrorists will have won.

It is not so much freedom of speech but the right to truth that great men protect.

Freedom is an absolute state, there is no such thing as being half-free.

Religion grants its adherents malign, intoxicating and morally corrosive sensations. Destroying intellectual freedom is always evil, but only religion makes doing evil feel quite so good.

It is difficult to call myself a writer, even when I stand at a podium to receive a prize, I feel uncomfortable calling myself a writer—I am merely a word criminal.

The only truth is that we cannot speak the truth . The only acceptable viewpoint is that we cannot express a viewpoint.

I love free speech.

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

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

The basis of democratic freedom is freedom of speech.

but I had also learned that freedom of speech means freedom from rhetoric.

Music is an opportunity to say every single thing that you want to say. People will pore over whatever you say and however you say it and, for me, it represents complete freedom of speech.

The freedom of speech and the freedom of press, it's just precious man, it really is.

Freedom of speech is a fundamental human right.

The U.S. affirms freedom of speech.[Vladimir] Putin is no friend of freedom of speech.

I would rather put up with Rush Limbaugh and live in a country where we all do have freedom of speech.

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 that speech comes in many forms.

I believe in freedom of speech. And I believe that spending on political campaigns is a form of political speech that is protected under the constitution.

Freedom of speech gives you the right to stay silent.

We don't need to 'control' free speech, we need to control ourselves.

Antonin Scalia knows that freedom of speech has consequences. And the consequences of freedom of speech are speech you don't like, that you don't want to hear, that you don't want to listen to.

I'm for the freedom of expression, given that it will be under strict control.

Corporations have at different times been so far unable to distinguish freedom of speech from freedom of lying that their freedom has to be curbed.

The freedom of speech is an important yardstick for a society's level of civilization.

Freedom of speech implies the world isn’t defined. It is meaningful when people are allowed to see the world their way.

Human life consists of doing certain things ... to take part in the life of the community; to be able to talk about subjects that interest me and there freedom of speech comes into it.

Some people only speak of freedom of speech while they're out of power. Once they're in power, they're ruthless in suppressing the rights of others.

I've always thought the most patriotic thing you could do in a democracy is to speak the truth as you see it. And that's what we're supposed to be about in America. Freedom of speech.

Abuses of the freedom of speech ought to be repressed, but to whom are we to commit the power of doing it?

I vote Democrat because Freedom of Speech is fine as long as nobody is offended by it.

After September 11th, freedom of speech in America has become a topic that's touchier than a Vatican summer camp.

I forget, is freedom of speech when it's legal to say what you want or is it when it has no consequences for some reason?

Freedom of speech is one of the greatest American liberties, and I hope this pardon serves as a reminder of the precious freedoms we are fighting to preserve as we continue to wage the war on terror.

We do have freedom of speech, but if you say the wrong word, it looks like it makes headlines. So everybody has to be very careful.

Privacy is not explicitly spelled out in the Constitution as freedom of speech is in the First Amendment.

The great thing about improvisation is that it allows us to establish an uncensored form of theater. Freedom of speech is absolutely inherent to artistic expression.

Freedom of speech doesn't guarantee great literature.

A man is entitled to say whatever he wants to say. It's America, freedom of speech.

Every legislative limitation upon utterance, however valid, may in a particular case serve as an inroad upon the freedom of speech which the Constitution protects.

Some people in China don't look at freedom of speech as an abstract ideal, but more as a means to an end.

If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

Every person under the sound of my voice is a soldier. You are either fighting for your freedom or betraying the fight for freedom or enlisted in the army to deny somebody else freedom.

If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

When you are no longer afraid is when you can be yourself.