Orhan Pamuk Quotes

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

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

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

The yearning for freedom of expression is universal. There is nothing uniquely American about it at all.

I can't emphasize how important free speech is to a liberal and free democracy.

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.

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

I chose America as my home because I value freedom and democracy, civil liberties and an open society.

Wherever on this planet ideals of personal freedom and dignity apply, there you will find the cultural inheritance of England.

America's greatest contribution to the world is its concept of democracy, its concept of freedom, freedom of action, freedom of speech, and freedom of thought.

Fundamentally, I do agree, certainly, people must be allowed to express their own opinions freely. Freedom is part of the essential rights of all nations.

The greatness of this country lies in how every single person can exercise their right to be himself or herself.

If you believe in democracy, you must believe in it unconditionally. If you believe that men should be free, then, they should have the right of free association, of free speech, of free publication. Then, no law should permit those democratic processes to be set at nought.

In a free state there must be free speech. In libera civitate etiam linguas esse liberas.

The genius of a free society is that its citizens have wide scope to pursue their own visions of the good without excessive hindrance by their fellow citizens.

In a free state, both the tongue and the mind ought to be free.

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

We have the right to be idiots.

The American tradition rests on pillars of self-questioning, self-actualization, and disagreement.

Our nation's founding fathers carefully crafted a Bill of Rights - an articulation of personal liberties woven into the entire fabric of our free society. When any of those freedoms are threatened anywhere, they must be defended and protected everywhere.

I fundamentally believe in freedom and human rights.

I'm a classical liberal. A free thinker.

Freedom of choice and free speech without fear must be defended.

I wore a uniform to stand up for all rights and that means I don't pick or choose which I defend, whether it's for equality rights or women's rights. I've been consistent on that in my public life. I've also stood up for religious freedom, conscience rights of freedom of speech.

Freedom is on the march in this world. I believe everybody in the Middle East desires to live in freedom. I believe women in the Middle East want to live in a free society. I believe mothers and fathers want to raise their children in a free and peaceful world. I believe all these things, because freedom is not America's gift to the world, freedom is the almighty God's gift to each man and woman in this world.