Freedom Of Speech Quotes
Freedom of speech is unnecessary if the people to whom it is granted do not think for themselves.
You can't pick and choose which types of freedom you want to defend. You must defend all of it or be against all of it.
Oil may run out, liquidity may dry up, but as long as ink flows freely, the next chapter of Life will continue to be written.
If we do not believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we do not believe in it at all.
Too many adults wish to 'protect' teenagers when they should be stimulating them to read of life as it is lived.
A freedom given up is not so easily regained.
when you disobey the rule, you sell your freedom. You cripple your real you. The daily direction of your life is restricted and directed by the rule and the ruling
It’s not unpatriotic to denounce an injustice committed on our behalf, perhaps it’s the most patriotic thing we can do.
When picking a leader, choose a peacemaker. One who unites, not divides. A cultured leader who supports the arts and true freedom of speech, not censorship.
Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could most easily defea
No man owns me. All man can do is practice the timeless, criminal art of threatening to separate my soul from her physical host.
Social pressure is the fascism of the democracies. Fascism is the democracy of the ruthless. Social engineering is the opiate of romantic intellectuals.
I have a decision to go, but I am not sure to choose which other prison on the earth.
Trading old broken mirrors that feed lies into our souls for new mirrors of freedom requires choices.
I want to be part of the happiness team - let's create the happiness team - from love, not greed, love of life & our planet, true & free.
The measure of man's ability to extend the sphere of social possibility can only start with the values of democracy.
My freedom to say 'No' directly underscores your freedom to say 'Yes'. RESPECT my freedom to PROTECT your freedom.
Free men can easily become enslaved, if they let others do their thinking and talking, instead of using their own heads.
Freedom of Speech doesn't justify online bullying. Words have power, be careful how you use them.
If you defend free speech for bigots but not to combat bigotry, then you believe in bigotry, not free speech.
If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced sil
Beware: open-mindedness will often say, 'Everything is permissible except a sharp opinion.
They judged me like they would judge themselves and that's what they could never understand, we are all human but we are not the same.
Most people do not really want others to have freedom of speech, they just want others to be given the freedom to say want they want to hear.
Freedom of speech is detestable only to those who have no desire to think for themselves.
Please wake me when I'm freeI cannot bear captivity4 I would rather be stricken blindThan 2 live without expression of mind
It's a free world to do as you please, within the law, however it's also free to have an opinion - as well as morals, ethics and decency.
Sunglasses are more useful to a blind man than freedom of speech is to a man who does not think for himself.
Censorship is alive and well in America.
I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.
Two things form the bedrock of any open society — freedom of expression and rule of law. If you don’t have those things, you don’t have a free cou
When your soul whispers listen, when your heart speaks listen. Whenever you know it's real love, don't let it pass you by.
Confidence is knowing who you are and not changing it a bit because of someone’s version of reality is not your reality.
Self-expression has to come out pure. It has to have an environment waiting for it. It has to have a garden it can plant itself in.
Democracy was supposed to champion freedom of speech, and yet the simple rules of table decorum could clamp down on the rights their forefathers had fought and died for.
This morning I woke up, how blessed I am Eyes to see, a voice to speak Words to read and love to feel? If this isn't something to be thankful for, I'm not sure what is.
You can control the visibility of my name and my popularity, but you cannot control the frequency at which people are quoting me. Truth always rises with time.
If you're not going to use your free speech to criticize your own government, then what the hell is the point of having it?
Natural isn't the same as right. Normal isn't the same as moral. Everyone deserves a say in what happens to the world.