Mike Braun Quotes

Everyone has a right to speak out.

Opinions cannot survive if one has no chance to fight for them.

Our birthright under the 1st Amendment is to foster the voices of dissent.

The voice of dissent must be heard.

Opinion and protest are the life breath of democracy—even when it blows heavy.

If there are things that some think are wrong, then people have the right to speak up.

It would be a tragedy for democracy if dissent goes away.

India is the biggest democracy. We have the right to say what we want to say, and people have the right to protest.

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.

If you have something to say then you want someone to pay attention or at least to have the opportunity for them to tell you to shut up and go away.

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 have never had a vote, and I have raised hell all over this country. You don't need a vote to raise hell! You need convictions and a voice!

I do have a mouth - I will say. I speak up when I see things I don't care for.

In fact, I would defend to the death their right to express a different point of view.

I claim the right to take a stand once in a while.

In this country you can say aloud or publish just about anything you like.

I defend both the freedom of expression and society's right to counter it. I must pay the price for differing. It is the natural way of things.

You know, everybody believes in free speech until you start questioning them about it.

A simple way to determine whether the right to dissent in a particular society is being upheld is to apply the town square test: Can a person walk into the middle of the town square and express his or her views without fear of arrest, imprisonment, or physical harm? If he can, then that person is living in a free society. If not, it's a fear society.

Anyone who believes in tolerance and freedom will support Denmark and publish all 12 cartoons.

It is an unmistakable statement of contempt for a government to burn its flag.

If the First Amendment guarantee of freedom of speech and press is to mean anything, it must allow protests even against the moral code that the standard of the day sets for the community.

The sound of tireless voices is the price we pay for the right to hear the music of our own opinions.

Democracy depends on the idea that we hold each others’ right to express ourselves and be heard above our own desire to always get the outcomes we want. You can’t impose tolerance top-down.