Freedom Of Speech Quotes - Page 8

• Freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from judgement.

  Jackson Pearce

  Mean, Judgement, Speech

  6 Copy quote

• As politicians we have to make very difficult decisions and one...is when freedom of speech actually insults public safety.

  Tulip Siddiq

  Safety, Decision, Insult

  Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

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

  Alan Bennett

  Expression, Given, Strict

  4 Copy quote

• As a conservative who believes in limited government, I believe that the only check on government power in real time is a free and independent press.

  Mike Pence

  Real, Believe, Independent

  "Reporter's Shield Legislation: Issues and Implications". Senate Judiciary Committee, www.nytimes.com. July 20, 2005.

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• 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.

  Boris Yeltsin

  War, Lasts, Vote

  32 Copy quote

• 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.

  Lucien Bourjeily

  Expression, Artistic, Form

  FaceBook post by Lucien Bourjeily from Oct 20, 2009

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• When a man says that he is Jesus or Napoleon, or that the Martians are after him, or claims something else that seems outrageous to common sense, he is labeled psychotic and locked up in a madhouse. Freedom of speech is only for normal people.

  Thomas Szasz

  Jesus, Men, People

  80 Copy quote

• The values that we share - freedom of speech, freedom of religious practice, freedom for civil society, free and fair elections, all the innovation that's been created through a market-based economy - those things are ultimately going to be the path for us to continue into a better future. I hope that, despite some of the challenges we have, that people appreciate that.

  Barack Obama

  Religious, Practice, People

  Source: www.spiegel.de

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Freedom of speech and thought matters, especially when it is speech and thought with which we disagree. The moment the majority decides to destroy people for engaging in thought it dislikes, thought crime becomes a reality.

  Ben Shapiro

  Reality, People, Majority

  Ben Shapiro (2015). “Ben Shapiro: Volume I”, p.54, Creators Publishing

  99 Copy quote

  Show source

• Our republic and its press will rise and fall together.

  Joseph Pulitzer

  Fall, Together, Republic

  45 Copy quote

• Freedom of conscience, of education, of speech, of assembly are among the very fundamentals of democracy and all of them would be nullified should freedom of the press ever be successfully challenged.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Presidential, Democracy, Would Be

  128 Copy quote

• I'm a big advocate of freedom: freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom of thought.

  Jimmy Wales

  Freedom, Expression, Speech

  21 Copy quote

• Free speech is the cornerstone to every right we have.

  Mark Thomas

  Speech, Free Speech, Cornerstones

  10 Copy quote

• When another writer in another house is not free, no writer is free.

  Orhan Pamuk

  Writing, House, Literature

  Orhan Pamuk (2011). “Other Colours”, p.269, Faber & Faber

  9 Copy quote

  Show source

• I lived long enough in a society where freedom of speech was nonexistent, and I know what kind of misery that creates - starting with the fact that life becomes very boring for people who just try to survive, and are quiet, and try not to buck the system. And, of course, it can be devastating for people who try to speak against it.

  Milos Forman

  Long, People, Trying

  Source: www.avclub.com

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• Slavery tolerates no freedom of the press, no freedom of speech, no freedom of opinion.

  Hinton Rowan Helper

  Independent Judiciary, Slavery, Opinion

  Hinton Rowan Helper (1860). “The impending crisis of the South: how to meet it”, p.436

  12 Copy quote

  Show source

• If there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that the government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because society finds the idea itself offensive or disagreeable.

  William J. Brennan

  Government, Expression, Ideas

  "Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397". 1989.

  73 Copy quote

  Show source

• The Libertarian position on the freedom of speech is a strong support of freedom of speech, and we oppose government intervention in controlling what is or is not moral.

  Michael Badnarik

  Strong, Government, Support

  7 Copy quote

• Whether it's people walking off 'The View' when Bill O'Reilly makes a statement about radical Islam or Juan Williams being fired for expressing his opinion, over-reaching political correctness is chipping away at the fundamental American freedoms of speech and expression.

  Eric Cantor

  Walking Away, Views, Expression

  "Republicans to Add NPR Funding to 'You Cut' Budget Slashing Contest". www.foxnews.com. October 22, 2010.

  26 Copy quote

  Show source

• Freedom of speech doesn't guarantee great literature.

  Pankaj Mishra

  Guarantees, Literature, Speech

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

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

  Larry Flynt

  Firsts, Privacy, Constitution

  "Life, Liberty And Pursuit Of Porn". Wired Interview, www.wired.com. February 19, 2004.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• If the First Amendment means anything, it means that a state has no business telling a man, sitting alone in his house, what books he may read or what films he may watch.

  Thurgood Marshall

  Business, Book, Mean

  Stanley v. Georgia (1969)

  27 Copy quote

  Show source

• Never be silent! Make your opinions known, and do not fear retribution for speaking your mind! The only ones who will aggressively try to silence you are the ones who do not respect the liberties and rights of the individual. Those people deserve our contempt, and when you draw them out of the shadows by exercising your civil right to freedom of speech, they will expose themselves for what they truly are.

  Derek R. Audette

  Exercise, Rights, People

  5 Copy quote

• Here's a nation, one of the founding pillars was freedom of speech and freedom of expression. And yet, we have imposed upon people restrictions on what they can say, on what they can think. And the media is the largest proponent of this, crucifying people who say things really quite innocently.

  Benjamin Carson

  Thinking, Media, Expression

  11 Copy quote

• I grew up with the concept of freedom of speech. So I'm too old, it's too late for me to adjust to the new world, the new world order.

  Bobby Fischer

  Order, Too Late, World

  YouTube Chanel "Peter Wolf"/ "Bobby Fischer tells the truth and nothing but the truth", www.youtube.com. September 19, 2007.

  17 Copy quote

  Show source