Corin Tucker Quotes

Those of us who decided to work for democracy in Burma made our choice in the conviction that the danger of standing up for basic human rights in a repressive society was preferable to the safety of a quiescent life in servitude

I often traveled to Nicaragua to speak against repressive policies by the Sandinista government.

Freedom of speech is, to all Americans, as oxygen is to the human condition. It is a right that has been irreversibly programmed into our hard drive. We are free to speak our minds. An artist's right to express him or herself as best suits their art, is the artist's prerogative and it is guaranteed.

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

We cannot forget the little things we take for granted in America that remain the disdain of dictators and terrorists throughout the world.

I have lived under totalitarian Communism, so I prize freedom as much as anyone and have long fought for freedom of conscience and speech.

Having lived through the transition from totalitarianism, I am acutely mindful of the need to never take for granted the basic freedoms of thought, expression and belief that democracy brings.

I certainly was one of the instigators in the 1960s of freedom of expression.

But why shouldn't I speak out? Don't you speak out in this country?

Freeing oppressed nationalities is perhaps the most dangerous of all philanthropic enterprises.

Now, when our nation to ruin's brink is verging, let us speak while there is time! Now, when the padlocks for our lips are forging. Silence is crime!

People have a right to say what they want without being killed. These Islamic groups have to be stopped. I just can't sit down and do nothing.

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

Freedom of expression is very important.

We have the freedom of speech. We are able to hold hands in protest and stand up for what we believe in and have people hear what you have to say.

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

I am so proud of Pakistanis and specifically of our lawyers for speaking out and getting their heads bashed in for a better Pakistan.

I shall take my voice wherever there are those who want to hear the melody of freedom

Democracy is not what we hate the most and what we fear the most. We need to stand up.

Speak, speak, speak, & remember that whenever anyone's liberty to speak is denied, your liberty is denied also, & your place is where the attack is.

Let us refuse to be silent! Speaking freely is a decisive step forward on the road to freedom.

We're seeing the sort of liberal phenomenon of activists that are speaking out. And they have every right to do so. I think we need to respect that in this country. It's just part of the democratic process.

And a democracy can't exist without free speech and the right to assemble. And that's what Americans tend to forget. And they're born into a culture where they take all of their freedoms for granted.

Social media changed Chinese mindset. More and more Chinese intend to embrace freedom of speech and human rights as their birthright, not some imported American privilege. But also, it gave the Chinese a national public sphere for people to, it's like a training of their citizenship, preparing for future 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.