Voltairine de Cleyre Quotes

Let us refuse to be silent! Speaking freely is a decisive step forward on the road to freedom.

In those wretched countries where a man cannot call his tongue his own, he can scarce call anything his own.... Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.

In this time when a citizenry applauds the liberation of a country as it lives in fear of its own freedom, when people all over the country fear reprisal if they use their right to free speech, it is time to get angry. It is time to get fierce.

Without freedom of speech, there is no modern world, just a barbaric one.

I think that, as Americans, we should never forget that when we tamper with freedom of speech, it is a very sensitive issue that affects all of our constitutional rights and privileges.

Free speech is the whole thing, the whole ball game. Free speech is life itself.

We need to defend absolutely the freedom of speech.

Freedom of speech means that you shall not do something to people either for the views they express, or the words they speak or write.

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

The most beautiful thing in the world is freedom of speech.

In a free state there must be free speech. In libera civitate etiam linguas esse liberas.

To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker

The most repressive societies have always restricted speech the most — and when people are finally able to speak, they often call for change.

I can't emphasize how important free speech is to a liberal and free democracy.

We have the freedom of speech. We are able to hold hands in protest and stand up for what we believe in and have people hear what you have to say.

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

Protecting free speech is not only a matter of principle, it is also pragmatic.

I don't want our right to be able to speak and dissent to be taken away.

It is called the First Amendment. ...Simple words marching in seried ranks. Compact, concise. To the point. Clear and pure. It's freedom's music.

To speak his thoughts is every freeman's right, in peace and war, in council and in fight.

I'm defending free speech pretty much all over the place because you still have freedom of speech.

If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.

I shall stand for freedom of thought and expression in a place where it has been trampled and penalized.

We can never intimidate and discourage the people who voice their words with courage. The essence of freedom rests precisely here - in the freedom of expression of the people. And we must protect it.

The fact that we're protected under that Constitution in exercising the right of free speech, it's a wonderful thing. You've got to come from somewhere else to realize how valuable it is.