Dennis Miller Quotes

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

Democracy depends on the idea that we hold each others’ right to express ourselves and be heard above our own desire to always get the outcomes we want. You can’t impose tolerance top-down.

It is a confession of the weakness of our own faith in the righteousness of our cause when we attempt to suppress by law those who do not agree with us.

A free society is a place where it's safe to be unpopular.

The freedom allowed in the United States to all sorts of inquiry and discussion necessarily leads to a diversity of opinion, which is seen not only in their being different denominations, but different opinions also in the same denomination.

If, then, we truly believe in the liberty of conscience, speech and press, we must place ourselves again squarely upon the declaration of rights made by our forefathers, and defend the right of others to disagree with us, even about the beneficence of government

There is no security in the profered system, either for the rights of conscience or the liberty of the Press.

A free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.

Dissent... is a right essential to any concept of the dignity and freedom of the individual; it is essential to the search for truth in a world wherein no authority is infallible.

They’re like,‘If you have an opinion against us, we’re gonna shut you down.' That’s not American. If you’re gay you should have the right to be gay in peace, and if you’re against it you should have the right to be against it in peace.

The only way to make sure people you agree with can speak is to support the rights of people you don't agree with.

In America it's live by the sword of freedom of expression and be will to die by it as well.

It seems that the right of freedom of speech that was enshrined in numerous constitutions is now under attack by religious institutions.

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

What we need to do in this PC world is forget about unanimity of speech and unanimity of thought and we need to concentrate on being respectful of those people with whom we disagree.

One man's blasphemy doesn't override other people's free-speech rights, their freedom to publish, freedom of thought.

I'm a big advocate of freedom: freedom of speech, freedom of expression, freedom of thought.

Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, 16th President of the United States (Republican, IL)One man's rights should not be sacrificed for another's prejudices. ...

A simple way to determine whether the right to dissent in a particular society is being upheld is to apply the town square test: Can a person walk into the middle of the town square and express his or her views without fear of arrest, imprisonment, or physical harm? If he can, then that person is living in a free society. If not, it's a fear society.

Anyone who believes in tolerance and freedom will support Denmark and publish all 12 cartoons.

A free society means that you might have to put up with a lot of things you despise.

People have rights and government must be kept from trampling on them.

It can hardly be argued that either students or teachers shed their constitutional rights ... at the school house door.

Of course, there are dangers in religious freedom and freedom of opinion. But to deny these rights is worse than dangerous, it is absolutely fatal to liberty.

The doctrine of toleration requires a positive as well as a negative statement. It is not only wrong to burn a man on account of his creed, but it is right to encourage the open avowal and defense of every opinion sincerely maintained. Every man who says frankly and fully what he thinks is so far doing a public service. We should be grateful to him for attacking most unsparingly our most cherished opinions.