William O. Douglas Quotes

There shouldn't be any censorship on making a film.

Sometimes I believe that the reason I have been able to do such exemplary work on the screen is because this is the only place I can be free, neither censured nor judged.

I don't feel restricted by the language: I feel more free.

I think my first album opened a lot of doors for me to push the freedom of speech to the limit.

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.

Any director or writer or artist has the right to do what they want to do - freedom of expression is something I celebrate.

Art has nothing to do with politics. It is the freest thing in the world.

Cable had a latitude to move which created less censorship and bestowed upon the artists, the writers and the creators, more liberty to create their shows.

Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.

In America we can say what we think, and even if we can't think, we can say it anyhow.

Aesthetic freedom is like free speech; it is, indeed, a form of free speech.

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

Performance artists in a free society have the right to do the most extraordinary and bizarre things. That’s called ‘Freedom of Speech.’

We do not fear censorship for we have no wish to offend with improprieties or obscenities, but we do demand, as a right, the liberty to show the dark side of wrong, that we may illuminate the bright side of virtue—the same liberty that is conceded to the art of the written word, that art to which we owe the Bible and the works of Shakespeare.

It's obvious that I come down on the side of free speech for anybody's work.

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

The fact that we don't have censorship on the Internet really gives you a lot of freedom, as makers and creative people do what they believe in.

Art is where we make a stand. If we don't make it there, freedom of expression is lost for everyone - for artists, for journalists, and for everyday people.

Freedom is...the right to write the wrong words.

Art is about freedom of expression, and should not be molded to fit any propaganda or lofty ideal.

This is America. We're allowed to draw whatever we want.

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.

People have the right to say what they want to.

Dictatorship and authentic literature are incompatible... The writer is the natural enemy of dictatorship.

No one can stop me from talking about my movie.