Titus Flavius Domitian Quotes

In a free state, both the tongue and the mind ought to be free.

To speak his thoughts is every freeman's right, in peace and war, in council and in fight.

Free speech exercised both individually and through a free press, is a necessity in any country where people are themselves free.

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

I chose America as my home because I value freedom and democracy, civil liberties and an open society.

The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum.

The only way of living in a free society is to feel that you have the right to say and do stuff.

In a free state every man may think what he likes, and say what he thinks.

The right to discuss freely and openly, by speech, by the press, by the pen, all political questions, and to examine and animadvert upon all political institutions ... [is] a right as clear and certain, so interwoven with our other liberties, so necessary, in fact to their existence, that without is we must fall at once into despotism and anarchy.

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

The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.

Within the United States, we have put great emphasis upon political freedoms. Because it has been our experience that these freedoms can lead to others.

Our nation's founding fathers carefully crafted a Bill of Rights - an articulation of personal liberties woven into the entire fabric of our free society. When any of those freedoms are threatened anywhere, they must be defended and protected everywhere.

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

The right to free speech is critical to our democracy.

There is nothing more wonderful than freedom of speech.

We can't impose freedom, but we can eliminate roadblocks to freedom, and to allow free societies to develop.

It is called the First Amendment. ...Simple words marching in seried ranks. Compact, concise. To the point. Clear and pure. It's freedom's music.

We can express ideas without being afraid of being killed or imprisoned.

Ideas, in a free society, are not a crime- and neither can they serve as the justification of a crime.

But our society - unlike most in the world - presupposes that freedom and liberty are in a frame of reference that makes the individual, not government, the keeper of his tastes, beliefs, and ideas. That is the philosophy of the First Amendment; and it is this article of faith that sets us apart from most nations in the world.

In a free state there should be freedom of speech and thought.

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.

The freedom of speech and the freedom of press, it's just precious man, it really is.

I am a Canadian, free to speak without fear, free to worship in my own way, free to stand for what I think right, free to oppose what I believe wrong, or free to choose those who shall govern my country. This heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for myself and all mankind.