Rudy Giuliani Quotes

I believe society has a right to defend itself, just as the individual has the right to attack that with which he disagrees.

I have the right to speech and expression and I won't leave that.

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.

The Democratic Party will never desert the freedoms of our people under the guise of pretending to protect them.

I think people are entitled to march without a permit. When you have a few hundred thousand people on the street you have permission.

The freedom of thought and expression is one of the most sacred rights in this country.

Let us tell our legislators in advance, that this is a right, restraints on which, we will not, cannot bear; and that every attempt to restrain it is a palpable wrong on God and man.

I'm a crusader. I really believe in the First Amendment, and I use it fully, and I pay a price for that.

The right to dissent is one of the great and cherished freedoms that we enjoy by reason of the excellent accident of our American births.

The law is clear that the right to petition one's government for the redress of grievances may be exercised in large groups…. The right to protest should be commensurate with the enormity of the wrongs that are being protested.

It doesn’t keep us safe and it doesn’t keep us free if we give up our liberties to the government.

Although the freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment may benefit society generally, or communities in particular, we don't condition those freedoms on whether how we use them benefits anyone.

Women today should have the same rights as men. And all citizens should have the right to speak their minds without fear of imprisonment.

We in the Netherlands have the right to demonstrate and the right to speak up if we don't agree with something.

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.

Anybody who walks out peacefully, who protests peacefully, that's what this country was built on.

It is every American's right to question any big event, especially when it's seized on to take the basic liberties of Americans.

Freedom of choice and free speech without fear must be defended.

Limiting the ability of the people to peacefully organize and partake in direct action to fight against persecution and discrimination is not only barred by the U.S. Constitution but is fundamentally un-American.

We want people to have the right to express their concerns and frustration and protest in a peaceful manner.

This is what democracy is all about. People have every right to protest whoever's in the White House, without fear of persecution. If this happened in Iran, people would be shot on the streets. This is the United States of America, and we have a First Amendment that protects this kind of speech.

In the end, the thing that's important about free expression is that it's the right from which all other rights are derived. If you can't articulate ideas and if you can't articulate critiques of other peoples' ideas, then you're powerless. What always increases the power of an authoritarian regime is whether it can successfully prevent people from expressing themselves.

If I lived in China or even Russia, or any totalitarian country, Maybe I could understand some of these illegal injunctions. ... But somewhere I read of the freedom of assembly. Somewhere I read of the freedom of speech. Somewhere I read of the freedom of the press. Somewhere I read that the greatness of America is the right to protest for right.

People have a right to give a speech. And people have a right to protest. But I'm not a great fan of disrupting people's speeches.

It seems to me it's perfectly possible to vehemently disagree with a piece of work and to say that it's offensive and insulting and so on and so on. And you're absolutely entitled to do that and to speak back, if you like, against that piece of speech with all the vehemence at your disposal. I mean, that's legitimate. Even other things. People have a right to demonstrate.