Colin Crowell Quotes

I hope that even my worst critics remain on Twitter, because that is what free speech means.

I mean, believe me, I'm not for censorship.

The Internet allows me to be more free.

As it turns out, there is a thing called the Internet, and stuff does go out there whether the suits like it or not.

I don't believe in this idea of, 'That's hate speech, stop it.'

There is clearly a constituency that appreciates the message that Google is sending, that it finds the Chinese government's attitude to the Internet and censorship unacceptable.

It is easy to believe in freedom of speech for those with whom we agree.

Twitter is a form of free speech, and I'm all for that. But if Cee Lo Green, a maverick of sorts, can't get on Twitter and say something outlandish or outrageous, then what is the whole point of Twitter at all?

We need to defend absolutely the freedom of speech.

I don't think it makes any sense to try to get anyone to not talk.

Twitter was created as an open platform, an open communications ecosystem, and I hope it can stay that way. You have to be really careful not to let money get in the way of that.

Freedom rings where opinions clash.

The Internet's distinct configuration may have made cyberattacks easy to launch, but it has also kindled the flame of freedom.

Young Egyptians, gazing through the windows of the Internet, have gained a keener sense than many of their elders of the freedoms and opportunities they lack. They have found in social media a way to interact and share ideas, bypassing, in virtual space, the restrictions placed on physical freedom of assembly.

The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.

Today I am here to defend the right to offend within the bounds of the law.

Freedom of speech is freedom to offend.

The voice of dissent must be heard.

The Internet is uncontrollable. And if the Internet is uncontrollable, freedom will win. It’s as simple as that

The Internet in China is fully open and the Chinese Government manages the Internet according to the law. As for what you can and cannot watch, watch what you can watch, and don’t watch what you cannot watch.

The sound of tireless voices is the price we pay for the right to hear the music of our own opinions.

Hate speech and freedom of speech are two different things.

I have every right to tweet.

People who believe in freedom of expression have spent several centuries fighting against censorship, in whatever form. We have to be certain the 'Net' doesn't become the site for technological book burning.

I'm a great believer in freedom of speech.