Zanny Minton Beddoes Quotes

The only way of living in a free society is to feel that you have the right to say and do stuff.

Somehow, defending my liberal values of free speech, liberty, and rights of the individual has become a conservative position.

We live in a free world, so everyone can say whatever.

There is a crying need today to have this truth heralded throughout the land that youth especially may appreciate and hold the freedom of the individual as sacred as did our revolutionary fathers.

People should be respected for the strength of their convictions, and I also believe in freedom of expression.

Freedom of expression is the foundation of a civil society …. This will come.

I believe in Freedom as near absolute, as is consistent with safety. I believe in free thought, free speech and free Press... .

I fundamentally believe in freedom and human rights.

It is essential that the young people of this country learn to respect the right of every man and woman to seek his or her happiness with minimal interference from the government.

The word liberal comes from the word free. We must cherish and honor the word free or it will cease to apply to us.

Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom.

We in the West should stand by our core principles.

I joined the Labour party because I believed in equality, in freedom of speech and in tolerance, compassion and understanding for people, irrespective of their background and views. In whatever I decide to do in the future I will hold to those principles.

I should like to be remembered as the man who raised a voice against... placing limitations on the freedom of the individual.

Free societies are societies in which the right of dissent is protected.

I've gone beyond civil rights and human rights to creation rights.

In the name of the rule of law, democracy and human rights, we cannot accept that the rights of individuals (Arab or Muslim) be trampled upon, or that populations are targeted and discriminated against in the name of the war against terrorism.

A modern civilization is only possible when it is accepted that singular beings exist and express themselves freely.

It doesn't matter what color, sex, religion, age, sexual orientation, etc., everyone should have the same freedoms and liberties.

One has the right to be wrong in a democracy.

If one is going to err, one should err on the side of liberty and freedom.

If liberalism is to mean anything at all, it is duty bound to support without hesitation the dissenting individual over the group, the heretic over the orthodox, innovation over stagnation, and free speech over offense.

The liberty of the individual is a necessary postulate of human progress.

The law protects you from being abused. It doesn't threaten your lifestyle for someone else to have the right to exhibit their lifestyle.

Liberty is ceding a certain amount of your ability to do what you want so that everybody else can live in peace and freedom and respecting the rights of other people.