Bill Kristol Quotes

I would just encourage everybody to just talk your opinion more, allow other people and fight for other people to [express theirs].

People are always going to have opinions, and people have a right to their opinions.

We have more voices from more points of view on the C-SPAN call-in show than I've heard anywhere else. You can literally tune us in every day and hear it all. You can't control it, and you shouldn't control it.

Maybe politically it wasn't wise but when people have different view points I think the public has a right to hear it and the public has a right to make decisions based on those view points.

Men must also be allowed the publication of their opinions, if this be done with decency and seriousness, for the learned can have no right to say that they are in possession of the truth, still less can the unlearned, unless every grave man can offer his opinions, be they what they may…

When men differ in opinion, both sides ought equally to have the advantage of being heard by the publick.

People are going to like what they like, and they're going to be vocal about what they don't like.

There are objective people, there are opinion people, and in my opinion that makes for a better America.

Nothing is so fortunate for mankind as its diversity of opinion.

There are some conversations that are undeniably improved when the rule going in is that you have to stand behind what you say and have to wear a name tag when you do it. But that's certainly not all conversations. People might be prepared to ethically stand behind what they say, but might be in a position that they can't afford to lose their house over it. Speech shouldn't just be for people with lawyers.

I was raised with this idea that we're supposed to be tolerant of other people's opinions, but then what happens if other people's opinions are racist and hateful and wrong?

What Facebook stands for in the world is giving people a voice and spreading ideas and rationalism.

The truth is libraries are raucous clubhouses for free speech, controversy and community.

Intolerance is a beautiful thing...There are people that are politically correct that want to say the cardinal sin of the hour is intolerance and I think that is a bunch of junk.

The benefit of an open town hall meeting is one that you get to hear a lot of different views, and two it has credibility.

It is amazing how many people act as if the right to free speech includes the right to be free of criticism for what you say - which means that other people should not have the same right to free speech that they claim for themselves.

I think the Negro people should feel secure enough by now to face a reasonable ridicule without terror. I am unalterably opposed to all efforts to put down free speech, whatever the excuse.

All I care about is free speech and free expression; I want people to be able to be, do, and say anything.

We all have opinions and I don't think you need to apologize for your opinions.

I feel like the internet has encouraged people to look into things and try to find issuesthat because people have a lot of opinions. I think it's really important to encourage artistic freedom. I think if you inhibit that, that could be dangerous.

Beware! Freedom of speech also includes the freedom to be misunderstood.

Freedom of speech implies the world isn’t defined. It is meaningful when people are allowed to see the world their way.

Everyone is entitled to have their own opinions.

There is no danger is letting people have their say. ... There is a danger when you try to stop them from saying it.

Reactionaries must be deprived of the right to voice their opinions; only the people have that right.