Wayne Rogers Quotes

Freedom of speech means that you shall not do something to people either for the views they express, or the words they speak or write.

I'm as keen as the next person to preserve the right to free speech.

If government were free to suppress disfavored speech by preventing potential speakers from being paid, there would not be much left of the 1st Amendment.

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

This country is built on free speech.

The right to free speech is critical to our democracy.

Individuals have a right to freedom of speech.

With regard to freedom of expression there are basically two positions: you defend it vigorously for views you hate, or you reject it in favor of Stalinist/Fascist standards.

People have the right to say what they want to.

Free speech is the cornerstone to every right we have.

Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part of the right of free speech. It embraces freedom of the press.

That is my major concern: writers who are in prison for writing.

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

I think that, as Americans, we should never forget that when we tamper with freedom of speech, it is a very sensitive issue that affects all of our constitutional rights and privileges.

If Thomas Jefferson had heard us, he probably would have said, 'We shouldn't have free speech.'

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

We need to defend absolutely the freedom of speech.

We had a responsibility to represent all people whose 1st Amendment rights were at risk

An unconditional right to say what one pleases about public affairs is what I consider to be the minimum guarantee of the 1st Amendment.

[E]rroneous statement … must be protected if the freedoms of expression are to be given the breathing space that they need ... to survive.

The government may not prohibit expression simply because it disagrees with its message.

The Constitution does not allow the unnecessary trammeling of free expression, even for the noblest of purposes.

In the long, fierce struggle for freedom of opinion, the press, like the church, counted its martyrs by thousands..

Inconvenience does not absolve the government of its obligation to tolerate speech

Prior restraints on speech and publication are the most serious and least tolerable infringement on First Amendment Rights.