William P. Leahy Quotes

I just want to say what I think and encourage others to say what they think.

I can say whatever it is that I feel.

I can't censor myself; it's really important for me to say how I feel.

I feel you should be able to write about whatever you want.

All my life, I've had a fear of being told what to say, so I'm not telling people what to think. I'm encouraging them to say what they think.

I don't see why it's impossible to express everything that's on one's mind.

I hate to tell people what they should think 'cause I really have an aversion when people tell me what to think.

Arguments are healthy. They clear the air.

I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their job.

We should all have the opportunity to express what we want to express.

If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.

As I've grown older, I've grown more convinced there's nothing that shouldn't be talked about. If we think we're protecting each other, we're not.

It is refreshing to be able to express my views without having to toe a party line. It has got me into trouble on the odd occasion, but I am not going to stop saying what I think.

At the end of the day, people have the right to have opinions. I have the right to have an opinion. And I have the right to say what I want on my music 'cause it's my music. If you don't like it, don't click on it, don't download it.

There is nothing wrong with intellectual differences flowing from freedom of thought as long as such differences remain confined to intellectual debates.

I'd much rather have the honesty than not. Because if you will say what's on your mind and get it off your chest, then the sooner I can prove you wrong!

I am not frightened of speaking my mind. I don't have fear in that regard.

People will say what they want to say, in the way they want to.

We have a right, also, in various ways, to act upon our unfavorable opinion of anyone, not to the oppression of his individuality, but in the exercise of ours.

Everyone's entitled to express their political beliefs. I don't presume to tell anybody who to vote for. I am comfortable telling people what my opinions are.

Every man must have the right fearlessly to think independently and express his opinion about what he knows, what he has personally thought about and experienced, and not merely to express with slightly different variations the opinion which has been inculcated in him.

What the nation's built on is discussion, contradiction and growth, and at the moment you can't discuss anything. If you do start to discuss it, you get criticized. If people hate us, you have to find out why and try to solve that problem.

I'm happy to have my own opinion and air it when I think it's necessary.

People are going to say what they want to say.

The intense happiness of our union is derived in a high degree from the perfect freedom with which we each follow and declare our own impressions.