Freedom Of Speech Quotes - Page 9

• 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.

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• And I honor the man who is willing to sink half his present repute for the freedom to think, and, when he has thought, be his cause strong or weak, Will risk t' other half for the freedom to speak.

  James Russell Lowell

  Wisdom, Strong, Men

  James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.148

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• The dominant purpose of the First Amendment was to prohibit the widespread practice of government suppression of embarrassing information.

  William O. Douglas

  Government, Practice, Purpose

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

  Dennis Miller

  Summer, America, September 11

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

  Peggy Noonan

  Needs, Free Speech, Control Ourselves

  Peggy Noonan (2008). “Patriotic Grace: What It Is and Why We Need It Now”, Harper

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• We have to uphold a free press and freedom of speech - because, in the end, lies and misinformation are no match for the truth.

  Barack Obama

  Lying, Free Speech, Ends

  President Barack Obama's remarks to the People of Estonia at the Nordea Concert Hall in Tallinn, Estonia, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. September 3, 2014.

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• Threats to freedom of speech, writing and action, though often trivial in isolation, are cumulative in their effect and, unless checked, lead to a general disrespect for the rights of the citizen.

  George Orwell

  Freedom, Writing, Rights

  George Orwell (1998). “It is what I think, 1947-1948”, Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd

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• Once you permit those who are convinced of their own superior rightness to censor and silence and suppress those who hold contrary opinions, just at that moment the citadel has been surrendered.

  Archibald MacLeish

  Freedom, Silence, Liberty

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• 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

  Consequence

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• Both free speech rights and property rights belong legally to individuals, but their real function is social, to benefit vast numbers of people who do not themselves exercise these rights.

  Thomas Sowell

  Real, Exercise, Numbers

  "Is Reality Optional?". Book by Thomas Sowell, 1993.

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• The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum - even encourage the more critical and dissident views. That gives people the sense that there's free thinking going on, while all the time the presuppositions of the system are being reinforced by the limits put on the range of the debate.

  Noam Chomsky

  Smart, Thinking, Views

  Noam Chomsky (2013). “How the World Works”, p.234, Soft Skull Press

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• 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

  Order, People, Liberty

  Samuel Gompers (1967). “Seventy Years of Life and Labour: An Autobiography”

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• To introduce a new play only six weeks after another has been banned is also a way to speak one's piece to the government. It proves that art and liberty can grow back in one night under the clumsy foot which crushes them.

  Victor Hugo

  Crush, Art, Night

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• Where there is no freedom of speech, there is no conscience.

  Ayaan Hirsi Ali

  Speech, Conscience

  Speech on Freedom of Expression at the European Parliament, February 14, 2008.

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• I've skewered whites, blacks, Hispanics, Christians, Jews, Muslims, gays, straights, rednecks, addicts, the elderly, and my wife. As a standup comic, it is my job to make the majority of people laugh, and I believe that comedy is the last true form of free speech.

  Jeff Dunham

  Christian, Jobs, Believe

  "Comedian Defends 'Achmed the Dead Terrorist' Puppet Routine Against South African Ban" by Joshua Rhett Miller, www.foxnews.com. October 2, 2008.

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

  David Letterman

  Long, Voting, Vote

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• Which country is suffering from too much freedom of speech? Name it, is there one?

  Julian Assange

  Country, Names, Suffering

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• I say let's go back to a truer use of the word 'freedom.' Let's start with President Franklin Roosevelt's Four Freedoms: freedom of speech and expression, freedom of worship, freedom from want and freedom from fear. I would add the freedom to bargain collectively. Those freedoms are under attack today.

  Richard Trumka

  Expression, President, Add

  "Freedom Isn’t Free" by Richard Trumka, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 3, 2012.

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• It is the freedom to blaspheme, to transgress, to move beyond the pale, that is at the heart of all intellectual, artistic and political endeavor. Far from censoring offensive speech, a vibrant and diverse society should encourage it. In any society that is not uniform, grey and homogeneous, there are bound to be clashes of viewpoints.

  Kenan Malik

  Freedom, Moving, Heart

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• 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.

  D. J. MacHale

  Ravens, Voice, Pages

  "Raven Rise (Pendragon, Book 9)". Book by D. J. MacHale, May 20, 2008.

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• It's not about contraception. It's about economic liberty, it's about freedom of speech, it's about freedom of religion, it's about government control of your lives and it's got to stop!

  Rick Santorum

  Control Of Your Life, Government, Liberty

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• In Iran, there is no freedom of the press, no freedom of speech, no independent judiciary, no free elections. There is no freedom of religion - not even for Shiites, who are forced by Irans theocracy to adhere to one narrow set of official rules.

  Elliott Abrams

  Independent, Iran, Election

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• 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.

  Marco Rubio

  Believe, Political, Campaigns

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• Lebanese freedom of speech : You get to say whatever you like as long as the authorities approve of it... Hilarious.

  Ziad K. Abdelnour

  Long, Authority, Lebanese

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• Students throughout the totalitarian world risk life and limb for freedom of expression, many American college students are demanding that big brother restrict their freedom of speech on campus. This demand for enhanced censorship is not emanating only from the usual corner - the know-nothing fundamentalist right - it is coming from the radical, and increasingly not-so-radical left as well.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Brother, College, Government

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