Quotes by Freedom Of Speech Slavery tolerates no freedom of the press, no freedom of speech, no freedom of opinion. Hinton Rowan Helper independent-judiciaryfreedom-of-speechslavery It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing. Herodotus freedom-of-speechequalityway There is freedom of speech, but I cannot guarantee freedom after speech Idi Amin ugandafreedom-of-speechguarantees There is nothing more wonderful than freedom of speech. Ilya Ehrenburg freedom-of-speechspeechfreedom The information superhighway is a revolution that in years to come will transcend newspapers, radio, and television as an information source. Therefore, I think this is the time to put some restrictions on it. J. James Exon freedom-of-speechyearsthinking Freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from judgement. Jackson Pearce freedom-of-speechjudgementmean 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? James Crawford freedom-of-speechdiversityjustice There's a time and a place for getting a smart mouth. J. K. Rowling freedom-of-speechsmartmouths The people shall not be restrained from peacefully assembling and consulting for their common good, nor from applying to the legislature by petitions, or remonstrances for redress of their grievances. James Madison freedom-of-speechcommonpeople Journalists justify their treachery in various ways according to their temperaments. The more pompous talk about freedom of speech and ‘the public’s right to know’; the least talented talk about Art; the seemliest murmur about earning a living. Janet Malcolm freedom-of-speechearningart A single party is ruling in Hungary, but democracy and the freedom of speech are still in place. Jaroslaw Kaczynski freedom-of-speechdemocracyparty Tabloids invoke freedom of speech, but they're not interested in that, they're just interested in who's shagging whom, who's got drunk. And if you take that pretend, faux moral standpoint, you end up with people in public life being completely boring. Like they've had their genitals removed. Jarvis Cocker freedom-of-speechdrunkpeople Freedom of speech is about expressing your opinion, however bad or good, however right or wrong, and being able to defend it and argue it and be argued with about it in public forums. But that's not what academic freedom is about. That's not what the classroom is about. Joan Wallach Scott freedom-of-speechopinionarguing There's actually a wonderful quote from Stanley Fish, who is sometimes very polemical and with whom I don't always agree. He writes, "Freedom of speech is not an academic value. Accuracy of speech is an academic value; completeness of speech is an academic value; relevance of speech is an academic value. Each of these is directly related to the goal of academic inquiry: getting a matter of fact right." Joan Wallach Scott freedom-of-speechgoalwriting Hundreds of political prisoners still suffer in Tibetan prisons. Freedom of speech is not allowed in any sense. It is illegal to possess a photo of the Dalai Lama. Joanna Lumley freedom-of-speechpoliticalsuffering 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. Joe Arpaio headlinesfreedom-of-speechlooks Freedom includes the right to say what others may object to and resent... The essence of citizenship is to be tolerant of strong and provocative words. John Diefenbaker freedom-of-speechstrongessence You believe in freedom of speech for communists because what they say is true. You do not believe in freedom of speech for fascists because what they say is a lie. John Howard Lawson freedom-of-speechbelievelying The big issue is this incremental whittling away of our constitutional rights, our most important constitutional rights, including freedom of speech. This is something that we really have to put our foot down on, and we have to fight it at every step of the way. John Kiriakou freedom-of-speechfightingimportant The dissemination of the individual's opinions on matters of public interest is for us, in the historic words of the Declaration of Independence, an 'unalienable right' that 'governments are instituted among men to secure.' History shows us that the Founders were not always convinced that unlimited discussion of public issues would be 'for the benefit of all of us' but that they firmly adhered to the proposition that the 'true liberty of the press' permitted 'every man to publish his opinion'. John Marshall Harlan II freedom-of-speechissuesmen«1234567891011»
