Rodrigo Duterte Quotes

We're losing our freedom of speech. We are losing freedom of religion. We are losing freedom of the press.

The right to free speech is critical to our democracy.

My grandfather wanted to remind us that freedom of expression is the fundamental ingredient for democracy, and all the rest is detail. It is the scaffolding around which every other freedom is based.

Free speech is the cornerstone to every right we have.

I feel like freedom of speech is one of the great things in this country and the freedom to do what you feel is right.

I live in America. I have the right to write whatever I want. And it's equaled by another right just as powerful: the right not to read it. Freedom of speech includes the freedom to offend people.

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

Free speech, free press, free religion, the right of free assembly, yes, the right of petition—well, they are still radical ideas.

The Liberty of Conscience and of the Press cannot be cancelled, abridged, restrained, or modified by any authority of the United States

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

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

I try to do that in this book without preaching - to try to do as you just said that you really have to defend the First Amendment rights of everybody.

I regard freedom of expression as the primary right without which one can not have a proper functioning democracy.

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.

What is freedom of expression? Without the freedom to offend, it ceases to exist.

We can never intimidate and discourage the people who voice their words with courage. The essence of freedom rests precisely here - in the freedom of expression of the people. And we must protect it.

I believe that freedom of speech and freedom of religion go hand-in-hand in America.

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

Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify suppression of free speech and assembly.

There is no nation so poor that it cannot afford free speech.

Freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and freedom of religion all have a double aspect—freedom of thought and freedom of action.

The principle of free speech [is] no new doctrine born of the Constitution of the United States. [It is] a heritage of English-speaking peoples, which has been won by incalculable sacrifice, and which they must preserve so long as they hope to live as free men.

If, then, we truly believe in the liberty of conscience, speech and press, we must place ourselves again squarely upon the declaration of rights made by our forefathers, and defend the right of others to disagree with us, even about the beneficence of government

There should be constitutional liberty of speech and freedom of thought, which is the elementary right of every citizen under any civilized form of Government

This country is built on free speech.