Franchesca Ramsey Quotes

There are worse words than cuss words, there are words that hurt.

I believe in the freedom of expression, unequivocally - though, as I have written before, I wish more people would understand that freedom of expression is not freedom from consequence.

Freedom of expression comes with responsibilities, especially when it comes with serious implications for peace.

When the people who are responsible for our country ask you a direct question, I expect them to accept a direct answer, not to be blackballed because you are telling the truth.

The truth doesn't hurt unless it ought to.

It there is no check to the freedom of your words, then let your hearts be open to the freedom of our actions.

This is the biggest mistake I've made so far in my life ... When you're a sportsman, you shouldn't be involved with politics.

Anonymity breeds irresponsibility.

I believe in freedom of speech. I believe people have the right to say whatever they want to say. As long as they're ready to own what they say. Because there's a price to pay when you say something that's against the grain that is not correct.

Politicians need to realise that words have consequences.

You can say whatever you want, but there's going to be consequences to it.

I suppose you have to be careful what you sing, because you might have to do it.

I think it's absolutely undeniable that nobody really advocates for complete total speech without any consequence or absolute freedom of expression. There's a line that most of us agree on somewhere.

You can still say whatever you want to say on social media, but you have to be willing to stand by your words.

Just because you have a mouth and nobody is stopping you, you can't say whatever you want.

Too many people - some of them judges - seem to think that freedom of speech means freedom from consequences for what you have said. If you believe that, try insulting your boss when you go to work tomorrow. Better yet, try insulting your spouse before going to bed tonight.

Words are like eggs dropped from great heights; you can no more call them back than ignore the mess they leave when they fall.

If we only knew how many times our seemingly clever comment cut straight into the heart of the person with whom we have just spoken, it is we who would bleed.

When you hold people up for ridicule, you have to take responsibility when other people act on it.

There is no such thing as a dirty word. Nor is there a word so powerful, that it's going to send the listener to the lake of fire upon hearing it.

Once you say something, it stays said. I apologized to anyone who may have been hurt by what I said, and I really meant it. I am absolutely not interested in hurting anyone, or being mean or insensitive.

Blame it on the lies that killed us. Blame it on the truth that ran us down.

Words are things. You must be careful, careful about calling people out of their names, using racial pejoratives and sexual pejoratives and all that ignorance. Don’t do that. Some day we’ll be able to measure the power of words. I think they are things. They get on the walls. They get in your wallpaper. They get in your rugs, in your upholstery, and your clothes, and finally in to you.

Every word has consequences. Every silence, too.

America comes with both rights and responsibilities. You have, for example, the right to free speech, but you have the responsibility to not yell 'fire' in a crowded theater. If you don't live up to that responsibility, you face certain consequences. It's a simple but effective formula. Unfortunately, tenured professors are completely insulated from it. They can scream fire in their classrooms all they want - and then hide behind their tenure if anyone questions them on it.