Akshaye Khanna Quotes

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

We should silence anyone who opposes the right to freedom of speech.

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

You cannot prevent me from talking. I am exercising my right to free speech.

The right to free speech is critical to our democracy.

People have the right to say whatever they want.

Free speech is the cornerstone to every right we have.

I'm not interested in censorship. I like the First Amendment very much.

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.

If Thomas Jefferson had heard us, he probably would have said, 'We shouldn't have free speech.'

I shall stand for freedom of thought and expression in a place where it has been trampled and penalized.

The fact that we're protected under that Constitution in exercising the right of free speech, it's a wonderful thing. You've got to come from somewhere else to realize how valuable it is.

If you're not going to offend somebody you don't need the First Amendment.

We had a responsibility to represent all people whose 1st Amendment rights were at risk

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

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.

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

It is my birthright, it is my political right, it is my democratic right, it is my constitutional right... that I must open my mouth... my voice... I can raise my voice.

In the U.S., free speech and the press are protected by the First Amendment. It has a clarity unmatched by modern legislators and declares that 'Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech, or the press.'

We are wedded to freedom of expression and shall do nothing to diminish that freedom.

I will try exercise my freedom of speech by avoiding legalities.

Individuals have a right to freedom of speech.

That I have the right to express myself freely at all times in all circumstances entails the idea that free speech is a 'basic human right' possessed by each individual, and, as such, trumps the interests of the society or group, including my neighbour.

It seems that the right of freedom of speech that was enshrined in numerous constitutions is now under attack by religious institutions.

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.