Jim Bridenstine Quotes

If you have an open society that what happens—people say things and they criticize you.

Whether you like Kanye or not, there has been a character assassination against this guy. You don't have to agree with everything he says, but you do have to defend his right to say it.

I think Thomas Jefferson would have said the more speech, the better.

I have been under assault by the liberal media in the United States.

People have a right to criticize.

A politician wouldn't dream of being allowed to call a columnist the things a columnist is allowed to call a politician.

The censor is always quick to justify his function in terms that are protective of society. But the First Amendment, written in terms that are absolute, deprives the States of any power to pass on the value, the propriety, or the morality of a particular expression.

Political speech is indispensable to decision-making in a democracy, and this is no less true because the speech comes from a corporation. By taking the right to speak from some and giving it to others, the Government deprives the disadvantaged person or class of the right to use speech to strive to establish worth, standing, and respect for the speaker’s voice. The Government may not by these means deprive the public of the right and privilege to determine for itself what speech and speakers are worthy of consideration. The First Amendment protects speech and speaker, and the ideas that flow from each.

Practicing free speech on an open platform is a perilous path for any public figure, and there are no get-out-of-jail free passes in the court of public opinion.

I choose to let the press say whatever they want and let people say whatever they want.

It is impossible for ideas to compete in the marketplace if no forum for their presentation is provided or available.

I've never seen a publicist that could protect me from things, protect anyone from what's going on out there.

What's now shocking is I can't say anything publicly without it having a life. Not because I have extraordinary views but because people are keen on conflict, so they'll make that the story.

I'm not interested in censorship. I like the First Amendment very much.

I have zero desire, just so you know, to be in the limelight. I don't think it's good for the country to have a former president criticize his successor. You're not going to see me giving my opinions in the public arena, until I start selling my book. I'm going to emerge then submerge.

In the past, those who had ideas they wished to communicate to the public had the unquestioned right to disseminate those ideas in an open marketplace, called a mall, we should not abridge that right.

Sometimes, when you see the newspaper and you read something I said, you say, 'Oh, I can't believe he said that.'

In England, you're allowed to have an opinion - as long as it comes out of your mouth.

In Iran, people are free to express their views. Every day, some people criticize the policies of the government.

I believe in freedom of speech, but I believe we should also have the right to comment on freedom of speech.

In America you can say anything you want - as long as it doesn't have any effect.

We have an open society. No one will come and take me away for saying what I am saying. But they don't have to, if they can control how many people hear it. And that's how they do it.

People may be due the benefits of a democratic electoral process. But in the United States, content curators appropriately have a First Amendment right to present their content as they see fit.

I don't have anything to hide but what happens is the media tend to beat up what I say.

I think the best thing in cases of censorship or things like this is to get as much media as possible.