Salman Rushdie Quotes

Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself.

There is nothing more wonderful than freedom of speech.

I believe in freedom of expression, I don't believe in censorship.

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.

The very aim and end of our institutions is just this: that we may think what we like and say what we think.

Freedom of expression is the matrix, the indispensable condition of nearly every other form of freedom.

The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.

I believe in freedom of expression, and I believe that societies thrive when they permit freedom of expression.

Think 'free speech,' not 'free beer.'

I'm defending free speech pretty much all over the place because you still have freedom of speech.

I love free speech.

People have the right to say what they want to.

In America it's live by the sword of freedom of expression and be will to die by it as well.

We need to defend absolutely the freedom of speech.

In America we can say what we think, and even if we can't think, we can say it anyhow.

Freedom of expression is very important.

Free speech is not just another value. It's the foundation of Western civilization.

I prefer a little free speech to no free speech at all; but how many have free speech or the chance or the mind for it; and is not free speech here as elsewhere clamped down on in ratio of its freedom and danger?

I definitely support free speech.

The interest in encouraging freedom of expression in a democratic society outweighs any theoretical but unproven benefit of censorship.

It is called the First Amendment. ...Simple words marching in seried ranks. Compact, concise. To the point. Clear and pure. It's freedom's music.

Such being the happiness of the times, that you may think as you wish, and speak as you think.

We can express ideas without being afraid of being killed or imprisoned.

Freedom of expression must be considered sacred and thought can only be corrected by counter thought.

In a free state there should be freedom of speech and thought.