Quotes by Freedom Of Speech I no longer believe in freedom of speech. Rob Delaney freedom-of-speechspeechbelieve The first amendment protects free speech, but if you don't have freedom of thought, do you really have freedom of speech? Rob Kampia first-amendmentfreedom-of-speechfirsts I am a believer in liberty . That is my religion to give to every other human being every right that I claim for myself, and I grant to every other human being, not the right because it is his right but instead of granting I declare that it is his right, to attack every doctrine that I maintain, to answer every argument that I may urge in other words, he must have absolute freedom of speech. Robert Green Ingersoll freedom-of-speechlibertygiving Freedom of speech encompasses precisely the freedom to annoy, to ridicule, and to offend. Robert Spencer freedom-of-speechannoyingspeech Of what use is freedom of speech to those who fear to offend? Roger Ebert freedom-of-speechspeechuse 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. Ron Paul freedom-of-speechweatherfirsts Somewhere along the line we started misinterpreting the First Amendment and this idea of the freedom of speech the amendment grants us. We are free to speak as we choose without fear of prosecution or persecution, but we are not free to speak as we choose without consequence. Roxane Gay freedom-of-speechlinesideas Our spirit is back, but we haven't reinstitutionalized it. We've got to do a better job of getting across that America is freedom - freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of enterprise. And freedom is special and rare. It's fragile; it needs production [protection]. Ronald Reagan freedom-of-speechjobsamerica Dissents speak to a future age. It's not simply to say, 'My colleagues are wrong and I would do it this way.' But the greatest dissents do become court opinions and gradually over time their views become the dominant view. So that's the dissenter's hope: that they are writing not for today but for tomorrow. Ruth Bader Ginsburg freedom-of-speechviewswriting So that's the dissenter's hope: that they are writing not for today but for tomorrow. Ruth Bader Ginsburg freedom-of-speechwritingtoday It seems that the right of freedom of speech that was enshrined in numerous constitutions is now under attack by religious institutions. Salman Rushdie freedom-of-speechconstitutionreligious Freedom of speech is central to most every other right that we hold dear in the United States and serves to strengthen the democracy of our great country. It is unfortunate, then, when actions occur that might be interpreted as contrary to this honored tenet. Sam Farr freedom-of-speechdemocracycountry 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. Rush Limbaugh consequencefreedom-of-speech You don't just - you often have to defend the freedoms of people you don't like, you know, whose work you don't like, because freedom of speech is not just for serious people. It's also for trashy people. So, and, unfortunately, this is at the trashy end of the scale. Salman Rushdie freedom-of-speechseriouspeople But I - and I just think it's very - one of the problems of defending the extraordinary principle of freedom of speech is that you have to defend freedom of speech for people like that too. Salman Rushdie freedom-of-speechpeoplethinking Because of the free speech clause in the First Amendment, which is very clear, "The government shall make no law abridging freedom of speech," and it literally is about political speech. You can say anything you want about politics, a candidate, and the government cannot stop you. And the Democrats hate that. Rush Limbaugh freedom-of-speechpoliticalhate 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. Samuel Gompers freedom-of-speechorderpeople Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test. Samuel Johnson freedom-of-speechmenthinking There is freedom of speech in Iran, but there's no freedom after you've spoken. Shappi Khorsandi freedom-of-speechiranspeech Freedom of speech is useless without freedom of thought. Spiro T. Agnew freedom-of-speechspeechuseless«4567891011121314»
