Claude Pepper Quotes

I consider that, in a democracy, everyone has the right to decide. If people don't have the right to express what they feel, we would be going back to a bygone era.

And that is my definition of democracy, the right to be in a minority and not be suppressed.

Every man has a right to be heard; but no man has the right to strangle democracy with a single set of vocal cords.

And a democracy can't exist without free speech and the right to assemble. And that's what Americans tend to forget. And they're born into a culture where they take all of their freedoms for granted.

Free societies are societies in which the right of dissent is protected.

We live in a democracy. We have this extraordinary opportunity to use our mind and say what we think, speak as we think. Sometimes what we say is objectionable to other people. But that is part of a free society.

In democracy everyone has the right to be represented, even the jerks.

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

Unanimity of opinion is characteristic of savages and civilization only advances as more and more people have the right to call wrong what the majority calls right..

If you can exchange information freely, isn’t that almost a definition of democracy.

The freedom to persuade and suggest is the essence of the democratic process.

There is no nation so poor that it cannot afford free speech.

In democracy dissent is an act of faith. Like medicine, the test of its value is not its taste, but its effect,...

We live in a democratic country, and in a democracy freedom of speech is for the people and also for the leaders.

For democracy to function properly it requires accepting the absolute right of individuals and groups to campaign against decisions previously taken by majorities and to seek to change them.

The United States of America stands for: the ability for people to worship freely, the ability for people to vote and to express their opinion freely is something we hold dear.

People have the right to say what they want to.

I do not want the voice of the people shut out.

We live in a free world, so everyone can say whatever.

If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost.

In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith.

Bring it on. Dissent is central to any democracy.

The right of a minority is so important in a democracy.

A society which is liberal democratic cannot have public policy determined upon the basis of who has got the loudest voice - or who can brings things to a halt.

A full and fair discussion is essential to democracy.