Dave Brubeck Quotes

But our society - unlike most in the world - presupposes that freedom and liberty are in a frame of reference that makes the individual, not government, the keeper of his tastes, beliefs, and ideas. That is the philosophy of the First Amendment; and it is this article of faith that sets us apart from most nations in the world.

Isn't it my right to talk and say what I want to?

I believe for freedom. I believe that people should express themselves the way they want, except as it does in the way that's not nice, but it is what it is.

If he wants to be an asshole, it's a free country. Millions before him have made the same life choice.

the fundamental right of freedom of thought and expression is essential. If you curtail what the other fellow says and does, you curtail what you yourself may say and do.

I'm intensely anxious to preserve the freedom that gives you the right to think and to act and to talk as you please. That I think is essential to happiness and the life of the people.

We should all have the opportunity to express what we want to express.

The Constitution gives every American the inalienable right to make a damn fool of himself.

At the end of the day, people have the right to have opinions. I have the right to have an opinion. And I have the right to say what I want on my music 'cause it's my music. If you don't like it, don't click on it, don't download it.

All Americans value the freedom of speech and the freedom of the press, and I believe this is essential for our continued way of life. But with this freedom comes responsibility.

I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees.

Most politicians aren't allowed to express themselves any more.

I feel that everyone who wants to say anything, do anything, should be able to say anything or do anything, within the limits of not hurting another person.

I think it is the responsibility of a citizen of any country to say what he thinks.

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

I don't speak out because I am an actor nor will I keep silent because I am an actor. I respect my profession, but it endows me with no special privileges; but it also does not limit me or muzzle me. I am a person and a citizen with the attendant responsibilities of voice and vote.

Liberty has never come from Government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of limitations of governmental power, not the increase of it.

Political liberty is good only so far as it produces private liberty.

The individual is prior to society and society must be ordered to the good of the individual.

There is no "slippery slope" toward loss of liberty, only a long staircase where each step down must first be tolerated by the American people and their leaders.

The laws would not prevent each man from living according to his inclination, unless individuals harmed each other

I am not about to be a party to anything having to do with the law that is going to destroy individual freedom and liberty in this country.

If you aren't free to protect yourself when the government puts its thumb on that freedom, then you're not free at all.

I'm okay with anybody expressing their rights.

We're losing our way as a society. If we don't stand up, if we don't say what we think those rights should be, and if we don't protect them, we will very soon find out that we do not have them.